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No. 86 MARCH 1991

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From the proigramFTMrs of Silkworm, the shoot 'am up of ihe etghtles. comes SW1V,

the shoot 'em up of the i

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uter aided weapons s^^siem* cin^iiw,

,,,jllipajant operations), System checks

4or combW^&Afliemfa'er of your nations

m"- SWIV. Two different vel^a^^ol devastating

desmictive povMr, fightiDd^'*«4»ther Hi one team.

f Pniiijgv Objective: De&lfoy enemy cortlrol centres.

SECciMQAm't)ft:iemVE: im^nJlcfTon mission. The destf uctkin U iLi i iiiilMiii W'O rt BlWBSftftly units

SWIV - No one knows what it means tiut everyone will

sjwhen it afrtwes. Coming soon.

"Destined to be THE Shoot '^^P of the year" Amiga CompiiB|<i6vSmber/90
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CRASH

CONTENTS

GAME THRILIS

SutfJtinu [US Ootd)' Drmugi'iti O^tHut

^WER PREVIEW
Cfl*$Ki Mh-twad two ttomiM WHO «•

POWER PREVIEW II

EvM>enri Hih m good FRPG 4on1 Qi«yT

I'lkuM HUmI OrMllin Ivn gon* FHP in

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S'MA2ING

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COMPO
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REVIEWS
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iMid oonaott and CABtaa of ChKi'a ChaiMiai

Good <M IN <I«W, ai!i?

Thl* nMAth'a Canr by John mdiardaDn
{0««d. lan't H71

WIGGLE IT!

Don't wlagle I1 ivst
littl* bill tl«{« U I
matifh to liv* your 'ifick
«ne h«CK »f » gaud
wangling!! CRASH ha« tli*
hottest gam** In for r*vi*w
th{« Hionth with lhr«*
fftp«rb SfR(isti«»! Tlior«'t
Bmtftm Command, Batk ta
thm fufur* Part Itt and
Total MtaIR II Jvit fo*! t«
thow fhaf ffher* or* lome
very talanfed program mors
out tharo koAping tho
ipoccy olive. In foci, tko
progrommori at Ocoan
worK*d Hot owt to bring
you Tofol M«<«ff; II wn*
j|«*ignvd ond profratnmed
In just tkreo wooki and
thoA twritvrf out to bo tbo
lurpriie hit of tho month!
io, lads,, nil ttioso lato
nighh woro worth ttl! And
wo'll bo «v«rkiii9 flot out
to bring you Hi« next Issue
— so ioo you *amm tlmo,
t«M* place, next month!

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THRILLS ON
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DrwtghU Gtnlui
Chip's ChallonB*

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Super Bnrt

Chiron
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NEWSFIELO. CRASH TAPE

CLINiC MARCH (86). Ludiow.

ShropshJr* SYS UW.

A l>eallhy Poweftape will

wing Its wny back Io you!

m Coiitv Copcom coin-op
blast trorn US QoltlT

• For the first time, CRASH
tali»« you down arcada
■ Hey with ■ coin*op con«
version on tfia Powartap«! It's
Capcom't SMt Arms, as cgnvsit-
ed by US Gold I Levels and levels
of acfolling «hoot-'«rn-up action
await your fighter! Be prepared I

The Ihreat: Itie tyrannica! Bozon
aims to axiermirtate the Eartti
and its peopie! Yikos' The Mission
You have lo save the planei {Oh no'
Not again! — squiNiions of CRASH
readers)- Batlia your way through
waves of alien attackers, forcing a
path inio their gigantic undef ground
empire where Ihe attack mlenstftes
from ^i quBrtaral

Sfcte Arms h today's 5DI — it's a
spiace age 8»^ction of weapons to
d^end against outer- world
tnvadefs' All &f& lechmcalfy
advanced and deadly! Read on and
d recover what pick-up weapons you
can sick onio your fighlor. ..

BOLT-ON WEAPONS

S^aad Up: 5u(»:«$sfutty hit tho
POW icon and tha «p»ed of your
prf^ectifes inrcrsases b> a maximum
of Uiree ttmesf

Speed Down: Player's power is

Mega &aiooka Launcher: What a
blasts Devastabng f repower whktt
dOiiUos in strength!

• Sid* Arms: Est laser dealti you mean ol' monetarl

decrease t>y one should a WOP txr
stnjckl

S-Way Shot: Propels one shoi In-
ward and two shots diagonally
backwards!

Tait CunrT^ros awwy in (hrae sepa-
rate directions Big increase in
power: iitmbSi^ and tripiesf

CRASH MARCH ■ 3

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Auto; Raixdiy rotates unleasliih^
I elcrctrityirkg las«r b«ams tOMrards the
larget!

Tfwisforrri: Ychj can change mip a
tlHlerant fight«»r with more power by
collecting the AJpha/Beta icon pro-
viding you wrUi a Mulb-Ap^ha baam
launcher (whalevof that ii)l

CONmOLS

Gill into action uwng a joystick
plugged into a Sinclair, Kefnpston or
Cursor joiartaoe or use the key-
board centrals which are Z/lefl,
X/right. Ht/dovifn. K/up. EMTER/tire
and CAPS SHlfJ/change weapon.

DRAUGHISGBiUS

« lt*» no bored gdnte ae H«W'
»on preeerit the te«i<BH«st
draughts ^aima you're likely
to facn'

• Playing draught* against a
conflnned mega-gen I u»
Ilka Elnstaln could be a
humiliating experience* CouNJ
you thrash the man who gave M
the theory for relativity (yet, ht'a
to blame for nagging aunts 1)7
^av^y you think? So, as you fa<ee
Eitittain acroH the draught
bd^rd in the professor's front
room (fieeoratj^ons by Oxfam), the
battle of two great mindi tMfllneJ

There are eight skJII levels in thia
draughts challenge, level one
being the easiest There are three
types of play available a two^eyer
game, a ooe-ptayer against Emstetn
and, if you simply fancy watching.
Etftstein can play against the com-
puter!

To move, poeition the cursor on
the piece you want to move, press
the space bar, Iran sf or the cursor to
the aquare you want to move to,
and press the space bar agam to
actually make the move. A counter
shows how many moves you are
into the game.
The crowd is breathless as every-

Orte waits for Einstein's retponte (in
AKt some keel over due lo asptryxi-
ation). Ttien it's your turn to putliie
professor in a predicamervt again.

The Qan>e fs played by the
English rules You must lake an
opponent s p«ce wherever possi-
Ue. If the chance arises, try a mutb-
pte move, skipping tike some
detifented leapfrogger over Albert's
men and thus removing them from
the board (To make a mulbp^
n^ve. preee the space &ar twice
after moving the cursor lo your tar-
get square }

impatjeot En^stem will tetf yon
when it's your move and when it'a
his (the screen goes btL« white he s
thinking). If he's thinlting too hard,
you can hurry him up by pressing
Q, and on notidiig a fatal mistake
you can cancel the last move'
When you win or lose, you re either
applauded by the geniue or
rkJiculed for your pe»>brained
irKompetence!

DOMT OO TO niClt».

Learn the controls" Wh»ch are. on
keytxiard, Q^up. A'dowfi, O/left.
P/nght and SPACE/tira/»?nfimi
move Alternatively, plug a joystick
into a Cursor Kempston, or Sinclair
interface.

CHIPS CHALLENGE

• Great play all !• dvmo ol US
Oold'a maxe gsn>e!

• Here's ■ smashing gemi
that'll have you brain
doing iomereault* ■• you
work out the puzzlet wlttiln tha
imaza that <• Chfp't Cha//engel
Tha game la out now. published
iby US Gold, and we checked out
the full version In the January
Issue, whare It received an over*^
all score of B2%l Hot atufV, eh?
Ncra^ discover the addiction your-
self in Hvli demol

Chip McCaiishan »hMci»
nerd. He (hinits of nothing but
computers all day long Bui then he
meets Melinda, who offers him his
uHin^^ie desire rnembership of the
Bit Buyers computer club' But he
first has to take Ihe challenge.

Chip s objective is to collect the
required number of chips wrthin the
tinte limit (both shown in the status
panel)

Coloured keys can be picked up
to open same-coloured doors
Spiked boots enable Chip to walk
across ice without s!ipping..~a meg*
net aJiows him to stroll along corv

r* US Ooltfa ptayabta detrw: That's Chip on lh« left-hand skla and

•II the other t»kKks make up hia challenge [hvrK* the t»tle)l

veyor belts (otherwise he has to
make a mad dash<). while water
and f^ shields ajlow him to pass
safely over tf>e appropnate wet and
hot hazards

There are switches ^yellowypurple
blocks) which can open sliding
doors (these have revolvirug dots
around Oiiemi, move hiazards into
safe positions, and deactivate fire-
ball-making machines and traps.

Teleports transport Chip to anoth-
er part of the level Dirt blocks have
a vanety of uses Pushing them into
water fbnn* a bnOge and pushing

them onto deadly bombs detonates
Ihem Watch o^l for thieves,
though: they nick Chip's valuable

When Chip has got all his chips,
he can make for Ihe flashing t>lLie
exit. If this two-level demo gets your
grey mailer going, rernember the
game proper has 144 levels!!

COKTROLS

A joysijck plugged into a Sinclair or
Cursor interface should do the trick,
or use the cursor keys themselves:
a/down, Qi^up, 6/left, Tjifighi. O/fre,

SUPER BRUT

• Brusfi u|i your sarvlca lor
Wln«M»4o«i witti Ali«fttl«'s
teivil* s>n>«!

• What a racquet I Hawt
Hawl Get into the spring-
time sport of tennis with
Supv Bntl feel the excitement
at the crowd roar with applause
as you serve an Ace against the
Number One seed. But watch out
for those eagta-eyed flnasmenl
'Out? I Vou cannot be serious 11'

n Super BfBfs loaded, fol-
low the on-screen instructions
to begin play, 11 ^ou want to change
the game DpIitDns. press H (dunng
your turn to serve} and follow the
prompts on the scoreboard Wtten
you re m a serving position, press
and release P to toss the ball mto
the air, and P again lo swing your
racquet and take a swipe ai the ball.
Keys 1 and 2 move your player left
and nght respectively

As you strike the ball, your iimmg
controls its direction: hit quickly to
aim left and hit slowly to aim light.
Beware — hriting the ball loo soon
or too late results in Ihe ball go<ng
into the net.

Once Ihe ba[( is in play vourj>o8i*
lion needs to t^e accurate. Your rac*
quet should be in line with ttre direc-
tion of the bait,^ before pressing P to
hit it If young out of position you'll
hit the ball intt5^ the net or miss it
coindletely. The direction of the ball

is again contud^t^ hy your timing.
Remembef^: a quick readton Tor left
and a delayed reaction for right

WHAT? VOU DOHT KNOW
THE RULES OF TENNIS?

It's very easy^ All you do >£ scot
loads of strawberries and crean, hit
a ball around a bit and then sw^ar
ai the umpire Oh, and you need to
t>e German or Swedish or some*
thing, because Bolish players <on'1
win. Apart from that, here are Ihe
rest of the rules and regulations,
based ori those recognised by he
Lawn Tennis Association

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DiMro'couV^ntolhvnvt or 1 1f^ tmni^at '<* muHf
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4 ■ CRASH MARCH

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one minute I m the mighty
Toki imd the next Fm ha^ng
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knucUea and, oh, there's an overhanging
vine - time to awing out siste ''my
broken heart li going ape. My uciuved
Miho (I can't wait to share a banana with h«H
has been kidnapped and somehow I've
got to regain my manhood - until then
I'm just swingin' in the raiol
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• A bliitting; arc«d« rom|> by
Ltto Briggsi

*Shoot-*em-itps — doncha
just love 'em?! They are.
Indeed, completely fabl
And It's ab1asting-we-wjll-go with
this spiffy scroKer from program-
mdr Lee Briggii {more of til m
later} winicrt takes you deep
inside a heavily jirmed alien
defence baset Yikest

White on a routine trip, your
craft received wtiai \\ interpret-
ed as 3 distress signal from a noar-
by asteroid. Chiron tn response,
you sei A course iowanis Chiron on
a re^cajo mission but as you
approacf^ed, an alien attack f1e«t
appeared Your small, unarmed
craft stood little chance of survival
and after taking a few hits crasti-
landed on Chiron

Far from being-a deserted aster-
oid, Chiron hides an alien military
base in its deep caverns Realising
you d soon be under attach, you
grab what weapons you can and
T\ifi towards a rtearby m^p of the
complex to see what escape route
there is. if any. As the aden guards
are al^etted to your p^e^ence, you
just have tfme 10 see an emergency
escape craft at the t&t end of the
base. But that's a long way off

The long, yertically-scfotling pas-
sageways of Ctiiron's caverns are

your battleground Five levels stand
between you and |he escape crafi,
and eacih is swarrtiing with armed
guards No time for muckir>g about
— each level has to be completed
within a set ti.ne limit, displaiyed on
I he nghi-hand side of the {Maying
area Us a dangerous fniss«on so
It's jusl as well you're equipped
with. .

■ SHIELD Your shiefd can take
several huts before running out d
energy and so ending the game
Remaining shield energy is shown
as a bar on the left-hand side of tf>e
playir^ area.

■ GUN HokJing up to 100 founds of
ammo, your gun has rapid fire Isul
limited range. Enemy guards can be
eliminated with its deadly tKilts txjl it
canrwM penetrate scenery or ottier
alien rJefence systems

■ BOMBS Scalier bombs destroy
alt enemies within a Siet radius. You
can hoFd up to 20 at a time but use
Ihem spanngty.

To fire the gun, pr&ss. fire with a
dtrectjor> heJd down To detonate a
bomb, slard stili and press fire

ICONS

Five icons lie on Iho ftoof and are
activated by standing on top of one
and pressing fire

COMING SOON...

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Afkfi bfatlinng lark», ahoy? U's Chiron {Iflt's hop« h«
makes it to th^ bomb icon in time, eh thrill seekcrt?)

This activ. tvgame whicli

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Furtner into the game the moving
arrows mcrease m speed.

Boosts ammo supply to maximum

amount

Boosts bomb supply to maximum
amcMjnt

Reveals a map of your immediate
area.

ThiS IS itie Smart Bomb and
destroys 3)1 ertemies on scfesnl
Hurrah!

C0iniioLS

inflict ma^or alien death using Key-
board cortifols. which are 0/left,
P/righ1. S/up, X/down. and
SPAC E/Tire;; or piu^g a stid< mto a

Kempston. Sinctair or Cursor miar-

WHO 15 LEE BRIGOSTI

Lee comes from 8as»klon in Esex
and he s a tull^lima p<ograinnf>e4 He
wrote Chtroo a wtiile b»ck but it
didn't make it Into ttre Khopa
because few software houses ™nl-
ed to publish cM'iginal Bpeccy pr>d-
uct [boo! hiss!) Lee currer>ity d»es
a lot of conversion work for O&l
Games and Players, taking &-t]t
games and reprogranvrring then for
the swank lE-bitntac^iiiie.

So, Where's his pho4ie? Lee say&
There's no photo of me due to ne
Maving developed a case of lernirtal
camera shyness at lhe age of sjt
mooihs! Despite the fact that seme
people sav I haven't ctian^ed a bit
iince then! [ don t really thir* tf^t
the few early phologjaphs shov my
best side! Emn... sanyf

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were on the hurii for the
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readers. There've been
loads of excellent gammas
that have appeared on the
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months — classics tiich
as Egghaad 2. Stjuriken.
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©Ha's bick,,, to profad th»
innocent? No, no, thaf a
not right. Erm... The man
with the pac im back? Not
bad. He's a hero in a half-
shall? More \\k« a half-hero out o(
tils nut thtil.

Oh, hvllo viewers. How do you
announce lh«t lh« universa'a
biggest loony-turnad-adVenturer
Is ttKHfl to star in his third
Spsccy game? Yes, Jetmsn
bumbles ortio tHa Specify gaming
scene in April in a brand new
arcade game called 5o/ar
J0lm*n: Hunt for thm Gotden
Warpshlp\ Yayyl

tt'fi t>e«n a fair old while since
Jetrfian last appeared on the
Speccv- It must be (oooh!) ^ttir>g
on for about severe y«ars. The last
game was Lun&rjGtman and that
was wa^ bac^ m 1983> If you hotd
ofi s tick I tl pop off to the attic and
see what c^n be d^scovened... (lickj.

Coughl Sptutterl Mack hackl
Sheesh. it's bloomin' dusty up there
but tiere it is! Yup. an Issue one —
Issue one,'? — of CRASH ^ and there
lurking on p$ge B6 is Lunar J&tm^n:
the review Well, it appears ye otde
reviewers lilted it heaps

Check this out 99% graphics

rslifigM fOa% Value For Money!
And an overall score of 95%!
Beriimey, it would have been the
First CPIASH Smash (eKcepl they
weren't invented until is&ue four!}

So. what the bltnking<flip has the
Loon been up to for the past seven
years? Weil, apart from his monthly
foray mlo unknown sUtir^ss in the
CRASH cartoon strip, he s been al
home with hi& creatora at the
garnes njtaveiopment house of Rare
(publishers of the acclaimed
Ultimata label}, where they »tuck
him on the Nintendo consolel And
thai s where Solar Jetman
onginaleafrom,

Solar Jetman. on the Nintendo,
has jijst appeared and ts doing
wondefhjjly, so it only seemed right
for sodTte lucky software house to
snap up the co>nversion rights and
bung it on Ihe Speccy (which is,
after all, ietman's reaF home, since
Ihal's where he began life m his fir^t
game. Jetpac). And the house with
its name on the game is Storm I So,
what say we pay them a visit and
check out the game? Hokay?

hunting for bits of the fabied Ootden
Warpship, Why's he doirjg this?
Kr>owJng Jetman. he's after making
a quidt buck Y'see, should he ftnd
all the bils of the Warpship and glue
em back together, it'll make him
fabulousJy wealthy so he can retire
and never ha we to wony about
Teer\age Mutant Headbanging
Budgies and the Eye of Oktup ever
again.

Solar JBtman gives our hero a
new toy to p^ay with: a Jetpod, It's
like a mini-space ship which he
launches into an unknown solar
system h^om his mother ship He s
still got his Jetpac. too. There's one
piece of the Warpship on each of
the 12 planets, but exactly where it
IS IS anyone s guess So off we go!

Sohf Jetm^n's gameplay may tie
familiar to you — it's a brt like the
old GrsvUar arcade machines or the
Firebird game, Thrust. You don't
know em? Oh dear. It's a bit little
this, really: Thie planet's
dangerously hilly landscape is
viewed stde-on and scrotis muiii-
dlrecSonally. Then you've got your
ship, Jn this case tfie Jelpod. which
you have to guide safely over hills
and valleys while picking up objects
from the planet's sutface and dee>p
caverns.

Sounds easy, eh? That's because
I haven't meni sorted the gravity
Gravfty's this wonderful thing which
rrvakes things fali. Oh, you knew
that. Each piar^t has its own
gravitational force so if you're not
using the Jetpod s back ihrusters
iill just go plop into the landscape

The game Jetnwni bombs around
a solar system of 12 planets

Take offi J»tnuin feavss his mother ship, safely encased In his J«ti»o<l, as he sets off for another
daring mi^

• This Is him — the Jf«tmtt»
spritel Tiny, isn't he?

Controlling tf>e Jetpod can bi a
trchy business it can be spun
clodnW!Se or anti-^Qckwise unfl it's
facing the direction you want l<
travel. Then engage the rear
thrusters to accelerate. But woah,
whais this?! There ain't no tjr^es
on this doo-hickey ship' Yeeek The
Jetpod's inema keeps it movinj
utihl you spin in another directiir>
and thrust offi Bump into the rcchy
wdKs ar^ the Jetpod crashes,
leaving Jetman out and aboutwith
only his suit artd Jetpac to prefect
him! Head back to the mother »hip
to pidk up anolhef one of the tbree
available Jeipods because if
Jstman collides with the waHs it's
cenain death!

As if keeping control of tf^ sho isn't
enough hassle, don't forget Jeiman
has to coiled things from each
pfanet's surface and the
underground cavern mazes.
Jetman towers a grappling fiook
from the pod whtch gratis an object.
The obfed then has to be flown
saf^ t>«(^ to tt>e mothership.

Ail the goodies are worth meney
end can be cashed in at Interstella
shops Conveniently, the shops also
sell foads of bolt-ons to make ihe
Jetpod super powered I On offer are
mofnentum killers (which stops the
inertia), gravity killers (keeps Ihe
pod altoal), shields and super
shields (to protect the pod from the
hazardous waUs), maps {so you
know whore you re going) and an
imprestive range of armoury

Ther» are hordes of beasts which
can wreci! Jetman's quest and
each planet boasts a range of gun
efnptocments A bit of mfty trigger
work on the both tiw pOd'» laser
annon and the special weapons
•:ey is required!

Sofar Jgimat} is a "^/tay. very, very
rug game so mapping each planet
^ essentiaJ, So. it looks like it's
going to be a bit of a toughie to
.lay But, what s rt like to program?

Lei s ask the man m tl>e know,
Speccy programmer Tony
'AfilMams: lis a damn difTicult game
10 convert from the Nintendo to tfie
Spectrum It's all tf>e movement:
inere s the landscapes scrolling,
ne pod s movement, the aliens'
'TKJvemeni, not to mention
veaponry flying all over tf>e pt^ace:
t s trrcity to Keep the speed up
Because there's So much goimg on
n the game, it'll be 128K only The

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Jalrruin's picKvfi up a diamond and ti«'« not letting no naity alian uihi it from him,
henc« th« cannon flr«l

preset was started with a 48K
game in mind but it wouidn i have
done rt justice Even wiih l2BKto
p(ay with, there'll be a few multi-
loads!'

And tti© final wofd has lo go io
Ihe main himself What do yt>u
inecfcon to all this fuss, then. Jetiie?

Hoh! Wha' mo? Wo< * yam
Jetman, hem of th« here game an

Corl Jatman't found a,,, amn, ha'a found somtthing and it might
b« valuable? (Why not pop it along to the Antiques ftoadshow? —
Ed}

I get my of bar>g*stick and yam
goin' blast them aliens till they go
'Adif'and Bwah! .Hoh?l yam on
the cover? Fwee! I yam a star'
L'kom planet Earthtii

Ahem Yes, very good, As I
said, Solar Jetman: Hunt for
frte Gofden Wafpship out m
AprU from Storm Software

Richard Eddy

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MONSIBB&

Not at m\\ ture what fo9» I'vt cchtw up •gmlrtst h«r«. Hwy kK>k a bit
like dancing pixies, don't Ihitty?

A High odvwiKm in CI wodd
/ ■ of "Nipic a #» Ihefrte for

ir^ w tmr m itwm ttf afantiHy
(Kihivntuw wheri y«v bvcwn* on
QifMring haroi du w r wJ to owiihf ow
llw fenu of darkneu! It tM aenmit
o bn Darner oui lo rm pipn
rvludoiH hwi> RKHARD EDDYr

It's a ookJ. dafic January
aAemoon, the nain ts laWiing
down oulside and the rivef (which
runs aioog the bottom of the
CRASH office) ts about to bursi its
banks, flooding the mail order
department and sending Jiffy bag
su{>r«mo Auftt Aggl« (k^wnstraani.
The last thing on anyone's mind is
becwTiirig a tyero. trudging around
dungeons waving swords at the
fbfiQilta of evil — caiting out ttw
irtiBboats wouJd be more tt>e onief of
the day.

And ^n soltvvam house Grefnlln
anives on the CRASH doofslep. No.
not ai (rf them Juit Gremlin s
(rather soggy) PR chap fan

12 ■ CRASH MARCH

RichantvQti. pfoffanng a
H6toQu&st denio dislc, 'It's great,
this is' says he. con^ inside,
raindrops dnpping off his jachet and
onto the +3 Oh dear.

SO, WHAT IS

H^PoOij^:^ bfrgan Irfa as a fantasy
board game, which captured the
nation's rdepdaying hearts. In fac^,
Fl's ao succe&sfy it was the best-
selling rHQW board game of 1 989f It's
an absort^ng game where e^ves.
wizards, barbarfans and c^varves do
l:>attle with littk forces in seardh of
hidden measure. Judging from Ihe
resuHs of the Crs^UdmsIni,
HefoQu^sf IS a popular game —
quite a few di you voted it your
Numtier One hobby (afler ptaying
Spec^ gamos, of coursa}!

OpenifYg the board games box is
an ejtpeftence — it s paired with
plwUc mintatur^ figures of nasty
CTMtur^, books, playing pi«ces.
(bee and the board rlsa*f.

Fnxzy white beard; an eH, wHh e«rs
Iride Mr Speck's; and a wteard. ii'ho I
woni say anything niean abonA ts
wizards have a nasty hahrl of turiir^
pfropla mio frogs

^ch of these characters havt
their own strengths and
weaknesses Liilte ihe board gan«,
HeroQoest on Ihe Speocy can t»
played with up to four players a!
once, each laiung turns to enter
their quest.

TREASURE HUNTING

So what do you actually do?
Basically, you explore Mti of rooms
hunting for treasure, hopehilly
bumping off a few minions of the
dark and compjeling a sot lab^OdJwtt-

tf you choose lo play the wizard or
etr, you can s^ect a few mag^c
&j;»etjs to take with you The wtzard
can pidc ttvee &ets of three spells
from the categones of Air. Frre,
Earth and Watef, and the elf can
chooee one set of three, the
baalxarian and dwarf can't have any,
l^ecause they're not magical {b3h1).

Now. on to tf>e quests.. Any of 14
different quests can be chosen ar\d
each one poses a unique s6l of
pr oblems to overcome None of tfw
quests use the full set of 22 roc»ms,
iust a selection of them, with doors
and other scenery appeanng m
dilTefent pCacea.

At the lop of the list is The Mjaze,
an ir«(rDdu<Aory qu«si Known a>s
The Trial «n the board game, it's
simpte enough. Vou can only rntove
and attack the evil creatures which
block your path The objective us
simpty^ to find ih© exit Solve thai
artd ytMi're on your way to becoming
aherol

As you'lJ f>ave no^ced from tlt>e
scraenshots. roonns and
passageways are shown in
isometnc 3D. Its r>ot a diagonailly'
scrtdting affair but a fttp-screen
thingy. where, as you enter a
doorway or go further down a
passageway, iha tcwwy chamgies
amerrtbef ofZZTopwiihhislong ar>d you find your chafadef in la iiew

Don't think much of th* purple decor, and those pile* of rocktt
make It dffficult lo move around

The board is lar^e floofpian ofa
darti stranghold with 22 rooms and
winding passages FoHowing the
njle book, you construe! different
adventure scenartos; stjck a few
doors here, a taUe there and evil
creatures everywhere!

Pressing all the plaitlici and
cardboard piaying pieces out of their
frames and sticking the whote thing
together dan take agesf Whi^h H
why a computer v^ersion of
He/oQuesr is such a sprffy ntrfionf
Just Joad up the game arwi you re
away — straight into high adventure
in a worid of magic (as they say)

The whole idea of HemQuest is to
achieve the celebrated status of a
brave hero, which is quite handy if
you fancy marrying any pnncesses
you may bump mto Though wtiat
princess would want lo marry any of
the four characters you can conbiol?
There's a hulking great barbartan,
bulging muscles and sporting a not-
veiy<;hik& tiBorskm lo^nctoth; a wamor
f, who could pass hintself off as

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wi»r

location What you acituaJly move in
the game is an arrow cursoc —
whizz it about and sefed things from
the ootoetkin of ^cons displayed at
the bottom nght-hand s^de of the
scredn,

There are fcHJr directional
movemertia. Each time you select
one of these your character takes
ooe pace in th6 directioin selacted.
Other icons ii>dud«: K^, which
unlodcs things; Search, which
repeals whether there are any traps,
treasures or secret doons m your
present lonstion — ttKiugh you can't
Search if tfmre's a monster
attacking you!; Potions artd
WTeafJons, to select somethiing to
delend yourself with; Map. to
display an overt>ead view of the
playing area. stKnvIng ttie Iqcatiorts
of monstefS. doors and objects thai
you ve already diBcovered: arxl Use
Weapon — wih*ch tielp? you kill
Ihtngsf

As you prDgness (town the 11^ erf
quests, your ot)|ective becomes
more involved and the monsters you
^ce become more pientrful. You
may be ofT rescuing Sir Ragnor from
Uw dutches of Ulag the Ore
\i^fkNtJ, emenng the Bastion of
Chaos and going on a ma&sJve ore
killing sf^ree, or reasvenr^g an
anoent weapon called the Sptnt
Blade — the oofy weapon believed
to be able to deli^at the ultimate evtl
Witch Lord, who appears in the final
quest. Whethier it can or not is
somethir^ you'll have to piay the
game to find out!

Thiers are a ventable horde of evil
creatures eaigar for your character's

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yetta«#««ki An ore {I thinh^T It's just one surprise after another In
HeraOuesr

blood (for a compMe njndown see
1^ HH Uat box). SO what have you
got for defence? Well, the Wiz and
the Elf hav^a ihelr spe0« but other,
imom tradiiionai. weapons can be
found or bought.

tf you're luCky enough to find a
chest that isn t booby-trapfied, your
charaoler may discover a weapon
This doesn't happen onen — the
item, way to build up a personal
4fTnoury is to buy weapons

Each chiaraaer collects a sum of
gold coins as a rewanJ fcr
successfudy oomplsled a qu^.

WHh this t>e can pop into a shop
arxl. with the right amount of doah,

buy an Itom Inm tfti» (election- staff,
shoft sworI, bnttd tword. battle
axe, croftshow. hand aKe, spear,
shield, helmet, chainmaii and a tuii
suit of armour. Pnces range from
100 gdid coins for the staff lo 350 tor
B>e armour — afK) ihey don't haive
January saies in Ihis place'

And that s atout iti Get spooked
out with NeroOuvsf when it's
released at Easter and don'i miis«
neid month's review arKl pjayable
demo on the Powertapel Cooll

There's a treasure bOK In this room, but I've Just called up the Search scroll and obscur#d it
from view. Pah!

9im

HUUST

Meet the gang cos thB spooks are
hers, the spooks to enterlam you"
fD<K*>-«toV l^'th music »n0
laughlGK to hcip you on your may:
theyll be raising th9 ralVefs wttti a
hsy. hsy. hoy— (SNIP' You re fired'
-Ed)

<- Goblins

Small, cruel green-skinned
creatures — dangerous foes Ores
enslaved many gob^m tribes so ttte
two are now found together

♦ Ore*

Much larger and more powerful than
goblms. ores tJelrghl in cruelty and
staugnier*

<> Fimlf

Even s|ror>9»er than ores, the firrur
e one-eyed, 1i2ard-like creatures
td are often found leading bands
ores and goblins

, SkeMons

Slov. tless, skeletons lorm

the ba f .-w ^^ of the Undead Army
(Ho hoi)

C- Zombies

Like skeletons, only wth a b<t mo'e
flesh Their movement IS awhward
and tf^y pong.

♦ Mummies

Conirdled t>y a greater magical
force than zombies, the mummiei
are ver/ hard to overcome in single-
handed combat

f^ Garsoyles

Produced by Chaos mag»c. the
^rgoyles' stone skm makes Itven
; very tiard to wound m combat

♦ Chaos Warriors

. These are men wlio hiave becorre
evil warriors. Always heav<fy amnid
Chaos Wamofs stnke fear mlo al
but the very bravest (and the foolsh
for that matter)!

CRASH MARCH ■ t3

Pop! TVI Pllm! Psfhlonl You won't ftnd ony of that
rubbish horo 'cos wo'ro abowt to look at o fow gomos
coming loon!

PUZZUNG

• WttiTRlS

WeMi an hmny itting*, aren't Hwv
nvw«r«? A bit ipookyloo — riddled
wrfh folklone thev arc, CHu4;k q coin
down a well and inoke a wUh is the
old utym^. Kere'i lh« rww jnciyii^g:
ctiuck a u i M i K t fk ihap« down a
w»H andgef a high Koca! Domn'l
^uiM bcrve th« wme ring aboift it,
but Ifi tru«, o} you can won
dixavM- in l«fMjraMH)s' wetrdo
punl* game, Wwfn'}.

Mb^V it the foUow'up to Wis,
C3n« <A fh« nwit oddicHv« p^^xle
gomes evw, ond wd» cratitKl by
Kywion pfo y onwiwr iU»ii»y
PvlNiisv, wito'i alw a grand
nwnwfnotKion of Hie Sovie*
Acodemy of Sciwntei. Cof I

So, wWt it oil abovt? Welt |Ho
hoi), ywi're kwting down a H|u<ire
w«lt <w> rtw (our side walls ond
boHofn floor ion be s#en. The

olHedtw if to montpukite llw mam
dimrent gewnetrk vhqp«» which kill
down itm wvU'i waHi, to ¥^K»n rtiey
rvodi ihe floor lh«x fit neoHy
amorigit the shope* alfvoKly of the
boltofn.

It sownd» simple enough. whkJi
«l»viouil^ mean} if i ifKr«dibly Hkkf
to play! And it isl Yot^'H be cursif>g
ot ihft ihcipe* pluf>^ io ilw floor
befof* you've positioned Hwm
cotTvdhf, or It }^ to squeeze a fouT'
piece ihope into a Hiree p iec e hdet
Sbovk) a mia! misNike Im madi, ont
of the wsHs b « oiii e* o no-g« orao
until other shapes hove been
succe»»Killy placed,

With lKre« knr^i of difficuHv and
diffwfvnl gome speeds, Wttitm
should hovw you shouHng riKfo
words at your Specq^ ony (ime now
— tVfmfw next ish.

Yikem! On* wall ha« juttbe«n wlped-outl It's Info^rAm**' puzzler

CA^rH*'

• iOBOZONE

Are you Qnmf |Mi», Vm i«r1 of
pink'ilK, redfty — ' Ej) No, no, nol
Ylmow — Ormti. Axe yw* ihi lort
«f penon to racytle thingi. vwetrY
awMft the ozone loyer qrMi pglkHlon?
Rify, reoNjf, B#covM, oceoromg to
MH^yww^hs next Qomti,
Ropozone, m your errorti aren't

Ttw Earttf is so polhirted that no
. Jtiimtan con survive, so we've dl

14 ■ CRASH MARCH

b«eA locked owtr^ urttil ift «ol« to
come out. Ptolecting the Earth's cittes
b o sqvod of W»tv»rla« robots
(boknig ever 'So-sJightty like the Star
Won Wolkenj, who keep
everylhirie tidcing over until Itte
polhMon hfu subsi d ed, fivi tliefi,
frofiT nowfiere, corm dn evit
Offfocking iroofi' of robots called Itm
^•llwt— ll wbo wrecked citiei,
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S«m« funny Ihfnft f)o on \n ttt« CRASH cITIgss you know
S«nift ttiingft (]ik« Iha production t9«ni) you g«t used to, But th«
other day. I witnessett a spectacle ntvtf t^mn before: the
rnembers o1 the adverlJsement department ttinding on their
d»«Ky«tlin9 'Vee«e«kr Vermlnl Call RDntokllM* It woutd appear
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tMyond me. Enor, as ws've caM4 hJm (Geddlt? fnor-moose?!!!,
S4«ms perfectly friendly to me. He's always li*a.ving small
presents on desks tor people to discover in the morning.
Anyway, where was i? Ah, Eetlers. The introduction of 12flK*
only games is thts month's topic and further comimenls are
welcome {as are mouse disposal tips}, Letter of the month goes
to Jadgev Kenth who get« a £40 $ortw»re voucher, If you fancy
the same prize, jot your wibblings down on paper and whizz
'em off tot NEWSFIELD. LLOVD MANGRAM'S FDRUH, CRASH.
LUDLOW, SHROPSKme SYS 1JW,

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I'm wniing to you in the hope
itiat you can saJvage my
Chnsimas. tin a 48iC Speccy
owner and I've been reading your
excellent magazme for oveir a
year \ve had my Spectrum for
four years and my software
coUi^ction consists o( six f uU-pnce
games {yes, only sixF) This
Chnstmas. 1 was hoping to add
NARCio my colieaton. Alier
leadmg your review I was
f^cmated, so t diopped subUe
hints to my parents They noticed
and bought fae the game.
Imagine my disgust when I
discovered, on Christmas day,
that NARC was a IZBK only
game I was really uj^ei, I had
geared myseif up (oi the game
only to be let down

My very ti^toughtfuJl parents
(who kept ttoe leoeipt) let me
letiim Che game. I asked the man
for RobftCopi 2 Guess what his
reply was? Vep, '128K only'
Then I afilted for Navy SEALS,
128K only' Mmghhf Three
brilliant games and 128K onlyt

I know thai the 1 28K machme
cuts out multti'loads and you get
better music and graphira. but
please, piea^se, please software
houses, Qiv^ us 48K owneri some
games!

H BoboCojp was 48K, couldn't
BcboCop a the 48K as weU? I am
sure the vasn majority of Speccy
owners hav<e a 4iK. Oo««D Is
losmg profitt. Surely the more
people who » buy the games the
more profit?' Why doesn't Ocean
produce a K20K game and then
convert it inito a ^3K game? That
would only imvolve taxing certain
bits and pieeces out As long as
thete IS gauneplay there. 4SK
owners womt mind

1 know 4e3K owners can still
buy other g^ames. but games like
NARC. RobooCop 2 and Navy
SEALS me cde^uned to be chart
toppers Ho'sw do you think 4dK
owners feel! il they can't even get
the chance i to play let aJfine buy
the game? 1 1 feel ve;y angry about
this. My Chniisimas wi« rumed
Jagdev Cenath, Wattbamstew,
London

Do the vest t majority of Speccy
owners hawe 48K mathineK?

13BCRA;^SH MARCH

Who knows? Tbeie ar« no
suiveys or information relating
to that much' pondered
question. If anyone hafli an
absolutely correct idea then
they're i^robably on their way to
making pots of money I

Ocean's derision to place ttJi
major Christmas titles on the
12eK machines were twofold.
The 46K hasn't been on sale for
ovef four years and thousands
and thousands of 129K
Spoctmms have hecn sold since
Ibeo- But if s ttje quality of tho
games themselves that are moist
LmpoFtant. Ocean's
Development Manager Colin
Guidon says that Ocean didn't
make a decision months ago
only to publish t28K only gam«s
from now on. Though ho did feel
a lot of games were suffering
because of the ne«d to produce
a 46K version.

Each game is now assessed at
the design stage by the
programmers to see the proa
and cons of developing a
48 (C/ 12 BR game or a 12SK game
only. The games such as NARC,
RoboCop 2 and JVavy SEALS
were so detailed and had so
much depth that the
programmers felt they could
only do the games justice if they
were given the whole 128K
memory to work with If they
were forced to produced a 48K
version the game would have
been poor — and maybe you
would have felt more cheated
oji Christmas day with a very
poor rendition of NARC that cost
your parents 11 quid.

However, don't fret: Ooean's
next major coin -op conversion,
Snmsii TV is to be published In
128K and 48K formats. The
programmer decided that the
major elements of the game
could be sqiueezed into s 4@K
machine but it will be the 128K
owners who reap the rewards of
all for the fancy bells and
whistles.

Remember that the Speocy
was originaily launche<l. in a leK
and 48K version in 1983 — what
weuJd thmgs be like now if
everyone hsd stuck to
producing games that tan on the
t6K as well as the 48K? Anyway,
there are stil) plenty of excellent
48K games to spend youi dosh
OD — in fact, have a £40
software voucher and chee^
yoursell up I

There was loads of mail on th^
t28K subject, the following few
extracts are just a pick of the
comments CHASH laceived aft«;
Cbxtstmas...
LM

Deal Lloyd

I got my C^IASH ChilBsy Special,
looked at the games and the
demos and... NARC Wow! And.
SWIV\ Mega! 1 flicked Uuough
the mag to hnd mstiuctions and-
Superb 1 28K playable demo from
Storm<' Wot? Where's NARC^ Ah
Death-dealing 128K demo from
Ooeanr
Whatever happened to us

humble 4&K owners? All the rest
of the games are 48K/1Z8K so
why can't the demos be that way
too? Apart ^om that CRASH is
absolutely wickedly, radically,
um., bodicious*
James Town, Wellington, Surrey

Have you noticed that while
most 4BK games have a lot of
colour clash (when the games are
m ooloiuK the 12BK games (like
Saim Dragon) have very UtUe, if
any Also, with 123K games
iher<3's httle chance of anything
on-screen disajp^peannQ: 1 would
hke to see more 128K games, but.
t'm sure, few 48K ovroers would
agree with me.
ftlchard Sain, Yarm, Cleveland

... Finally F And about tmie tool
What am I going on about?
Proper 1 28K games 1 bought a ■)■ 2
when u was first launched,
having previously owned a 48K
Speccy and I desperately wanted
some special software developed
for the 128K machines, It was
around 1986 and a few software
houses released 128K games
tflotijn ol the Wood. Swe&vo's
World. Supertest 128] but smce
then nottiuig (except US Gold's
Bedlam which was okay),

And now St/tasa and Ocean
finally see sense and let rip with
some excellent titles Saini
DtBQon lAfas great but my fave
rave this Christmas was
RoboCop 2\ The sound f The
music' The endless gamepiayf 1
thmk most Speccy owners have
1 2SK machine these days [all my
fnends do) and I would like to
!^eo more USKonly software
heixiQ deve}c^>ed.
Simon Bridge, Plymouth. E>avon

.,.BoboCop was a great game and
1 played it for ages last year I
couldn't wait until RoboCop 2
came out because it had to be
bigger and better. And it was So
bsg that 1 oouldn t siqueeze it mio
my 4S1C Spectrum. A l28Konly
game means a lot ot people can't
play 11. 1 was leally annoyed.
Surely a cut -down version of the
game could have been included
on, the tape that would have
worked on 4BK Speccys?
Peter Jones. Manchester

All I can say to 4SK owners is
don't get a different computer —
get a +211 had RoboCop 2 for
ChnatmaH and it's really
excellent. That depth of
gameplay with all the sonix
coul<^'t be squeezed into a 48K
machine (without about one
thousand multiloadst). 1 also jiust
got E-S WAr which has a 128K
version of the game on one side
of the tape and a 48K on the
other Though it's not a
particularly bnUiant conversion
the 128iC game is tons better than
the 48K which is awful. The
game playmg area only takes up
a quarter of the scf eenl Next on
my list of games to get is ATavy
SEALS and to anyone who is sull
using a 4BK machme: sell it'!
Anthony Hobba, Reading,

Berkshire

If you have fuitheT comments to
add about the 1Z8K games
situation, you know where I am.
Don't forget to write which
Sp«ocy you own, and, If
possible, whether your friends
have a 4aK or a 128K model.
LM

GQIMG CHEAP?

Dear Uoyd

In the Last issue of CRASH (Issue
84. January), in reply to a letter
from Andrew Potts you told him
that most of the software sold in
the shops in ld89/'90 was budget
software. Could this be the
solution to fun-priced software
houses piracy problems^

Most people buying computer
games are still at school and have
less money than software houses
thmlK, They don't mind paying a
few pounds for a good game, but
they have difficulty fSndiiig a
tenner or more. Usually their
parents are reluctant to hand
over this much cash for a game
when they see budget games
selling for much less.

I myself am only 1 1 and 1 get
£ 1 1 pocket money each week I
don't mmd savmg up for over two
months to buy a fullpnce game. 1
am sure other people share my
views.

In the summer, when horftr-i r-i

fDQtbaiimg gajnes came out. they
flopped because of the price. I'm
sure US Gold and Ocean could
have made some more money out
of them li they were sold at about
£6 99. But by the time people had
saved up tbeu money the World
Cup was over and the thnll wore
off

At this rate people will forget
about piracy and make then own
games as I have done.
Sean Witson. Belfast. Morthem
Ireland

Many software houses have
become set in their ways and
are currently unlikely to change
— games are sold for either a
tenner or t2, that's the
established pattern which
everyone understands A mid-
price point, as you suggest, has
been tried a few times over the
past few years and without
success — maybe the majority
of people, including games
players, distributors and shop
keepers, see it as half the pttce
of a normal game and therefore
hair the quality.

Software houses do realise
that there isn't that much
money in the pockets of younger
games players, which is why we
have sudden waves of full price
releases at Christmas, Easier
and September, when games are
most likely to be bought as
presents. Budget software sells
str-?idi!y throughout the year

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Every Kt>(K garn« ever, ev«r,
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Cfjh^ Im^Hwh, tlv«p«liliw
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■ \\ kdu likti SAM CixnpuiMM iJd
ore in (or on ewcttir^g year — l+wy Ve
got riwM rTKi|ar prooiKh reody Id
biint out of wm\i Swonwa
heodquofieri. Moite^dos ii ♦!>*
prodiKt oil <ii$tc u^r» Kove b«eft
waiting (or ^l*} o i«t o( odvoncMi dtlk
utiltNet thcTl ollowi SAM c^iiki Id bv
uied Jn o timilor way lo normal PC
onn, ^kJs^dbJ Mh up o }«t of I'oot
directories and coo kindle up lo 700
File nomei at o time, instead of #ie BO
on ttie normd, Gsupe operoting
tjrtlem. Moiteficfeis shotitd be
ovolloble now at £14,95. Thi* it a
ittand-alone product but will also
come in vwy useful with lihe

■ Ovn to popubr demand, SAM Co
ore producing o one megobyte
memory upgrode ]nil«oo of being
fined internolly, lilce rtw 254tC
upgrode, thi} comej <i& on exiiernal
memory connection formaTted oi o
teries of 780K ditlti You can hovw QJ
many diiks as you like — you could
turn your Covpe ini? four megdsyle
monster r^r^-.ina!

"fasts like Pronsfering all the files on
iKt computer into RAM ore simple
with ill is omouni of memory. You
Couid JtOre six gomes in acm mog,
and caij them up instonlly, or use it lo
mok« quicit boOt-ups Tliie megobyte
memory upgrode costs £79,95, Ine
some price os o disk drive, and in
line MlH Ihe prioet of upgrodes on
olher mochmes,

■ TKe SAM buu costs a hdy £49,95
and gives ifte Coup4 \our expansion
p^rh Id ploy wilfi. The pockoge Kai
rouf externol interfaces which ore
fully buffwed ond comes wilfi □ buil^
in n^Jtinrte ckick, which would be
very ineU when used in oonjiKKlion
with the A^aiteraos system

There's also on externol power
socket, in case your normol SAM
power pock con'l cop* with ilw extro
power detnonds. This prodluctwili be
nelpful to onyone wonting to expiortd
fheir SAM Cocipe.

M The long-owait«d SAM Atoute hos
^^B (inolly been d>esigned SAM Co ore

30 ■ CRASH MARCH

now woiting for $peciol chips (o be
mode so ihey con go oheod wilK the
project Alan MHm soid to exped
somelhing o/ound Easter, ohhoogh He
wos making no promises-

■ For anyone interested in using the
Coupe for MIO sequencing, the AH
Fomials CampuMr Sinw in London
wot ifie pjoce to b« recenHy, Tim
Huniphnes hos developed a system
wfiicn He dsmonitrateo ot rihe show.
The hnished product should be
ovaikible in time W the next show, to
be held towontf * ihe end of Febryory,

■ HovinQ troubles wil^h vOur SAM?
Th«i you II be interested to know
there s o place to go for advice artd
repairs PBT are on efficient and
weedy repoir centra ihot specialise in
tte Gxip^. \\ you Hove ony proble«n$
you con contact h/etn on 0&39

■ Finolk 1 Hove hot news on SAM
lope 4. The battle of compotobtlity
wiih. the SpeclTum cooU be over
(we're dt keepirtg our Hirtgers
crossed!} Thjs new version of the
emulotor tqpe sfwuld be ovoi table
oround the middle of Febrvory so
wcridt out fi?r if-

LETTERS

SOMEBODY HELP!

Dear Nidi

I hove o problem with my SAM

Coupe ond I wondered ir you could

f»elp The problem is that I'm doing

my own progrom ond I would like to

kr)Ow how to call up ODolher screen

by pressing one latter on ihe

keyboard.

Chrtstopher 'Nvomliey, CculW

ftromwKh, Binninghom

Gin any of jrou Coup# Crazies out
there help Cnri$tDph«f out? if you
can, send your solution in Ho me at
the usual oddress and I'll pass it on.

SOFTWARE SORROW

Deor Nici

I hove a few points to moke about the
sto** o^ ihe SAM Coup*'s support
There Hoi been absolutely no
rrwwemenl or commitment mode by
ofvf softvwore houses, except Enigma
\^HriMM» (and Domork for rfwir
Tenatn lioences] Major boused sL>ch
OS 6cean, US Gold ond Code
MiMlert fxjve mode empty promises
regording ttw CoupA, ie compatibility
allowances, Cck^ Sfricfe/ ond
Jraamre hlona Dizzv, respectively.

One would iHink that with the
tHousands of Coupte in iHe UK it
wouki be on eitplottabla morW by

* A gUmpie at wftofi m ttan for
ywf on the Irva SCPDSA demo (fitk.

rtow, but stiti ft is ignored. Some
monlfts «o, I wrote to Code Mosters,
US GokJ, Domork ond Ckeon. IKs
inler^ng to note tttal only US Gokl
replied, witKouff otwut o special
conver»on oTStridef, which failed to
oppeor Sirsce then, ocrt of if* four
only Domork's norne hos gppeored in
the hollowed SAM po^ (ond these
Domart gomes ore bemg Handled by
SAM G>'s soltwore winjgL Enigmo
VoriolionsI THank Godtof PU

Locoi scnwcire storas ore olio
conservattve about tf>e Coupe beyond
dl reosonoble coution, Local Belfast
stores hon'e certoiniy Heord of the
Coupe, but won't stock SAM Co
proouds unless the Coupe 'tokes olf*
This„ I feel, is itieif stupid bss, and o
very blirtd attitude.

monks for tKis o(X»Of1unity for a
|>olJli^l whinge mt the loJhvbre
powers thot be. Please ghw SAM
Page more pogeil
uMtonA u^een, BeRon

OuHe right too, Eamonn. More
commitment is oehniivry needed
from l/t» big loftwore houMt. Jv«t
prenHHTig met their Spectrum
releoMS will be compotible is not
enough, SAM owners wont to >••
their gbnous computer in oH rt'^t
glory, nei running gomef pocked
with momchroine gropJ^ics and
b«ef» »vnd>! So cdme on everyone,
whot hcfve you got lo ktoie? Enigma
Variotions seem to be moiling a
Bving ovt of ihif compvler.

WAY!

I bet you re wor»dering, "Wliaf i oH
this SCPDSA stuff obouf? If you own
SAM Coupe and yoo'ce not, you
ruddy well snould be! il stonds for itie
Sam Covpe Publk Domain Software
AswciolWk. set up to provide on
ftosy souri^ of inforn>aho<^ on olt
SAMPO

The SCPDSA is port of %ain %am
oikJ hove tfte full support of SAM Co
The Oisociotion woris by producing a
constontly \jpdoled cototogue of olf
public donxiHi software ovaibble to
Som owners. Colled SAMsofiono/
Soflwtfr^f. if J ovoik^ble by
subscripNon for £2 and comes with a
free demo disk, eontoining some
examples of who^ to expect ham your
favourite computer,

As, well DS being o source of PO,
SCPDSA oSso protects the
priogrorrimefs of SAM rriosterpieces
by registering ttwir software ot the
OSSOOcrtign Awards of quality will
olso be mode so programmers hove o
stondofd to aim for cm users know
exodty whot ttiey're qettir»g.

if you're interestecfin ttie Sam
Coupe Public Domoin Softwore
Associohon (□ bit ofo mouthFut isn't
it?) then write to; SCPDSA, 42 Eaton
[Nwi, fCtngilon Upon Tliamu,
Sumy JCTS 7QT tor a subscrip^on
form.

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Design a new monslw for Jetnm
to loon liioiit in sfwce witltl!

• WIN A NINTENDO
DELUXE CONSOLE!
■k WIN SOUUt
JgrmAN ON THE

* WIN SPECCY
GAMES FROM
STORM, TOO!

i Can you r«memb«r any
1 of th« old Jetman
■^Jl^r S*"^*B^ Enn, only a
^ ^ fsw of you? Not
L^ surprised, really, at the
w\ t^ttt time Jetinan made
' ^ an appearance on tho
Speccy was In 1983! But now
he's buck! B^ickfl BACKHflht
more observant of you maiy have
noticed thts already, due to the
fad ihat the universe's biggest
ioony it on the cover, featured in
n Power Preview, in the cartoon
strip, and now here in the compo!

The history of Jetinan goes like
this: There was this software
house called UUimaie, who were
considered the be^ll and erid-aM
Ol whizzy SpeccY games, One of
their first heroes v^as Jeiman,
who Teatured in two spiffy
offerings' J«tp»c and Lunar
Jstman. Then it all went quiet for
atiout six months-

In June 19£4. CRASH Issue six
hit the streets end, with no
Introduction, the first Jetman
comic strip appeared. Ultimate
contlniMd publishing smashjn<o
garnet, but none ot (hem slarrad
Jetman.

What happened Ihen? Emn, .
Oh. yeah. Uttimala sold their
name to US Gokj. And later
bought it bsck Except by thus
time they'd decided to change
their name to R^ire, and gava up
the Speccy for the Ninioixlo
console- Then it all went qui«t
again.

8ut in 19$0. Rare designed
Sofar Jetman for the Nintendo,
which was published in the USA
by Tradeweat, and evefyone said
'Hurrahf He's back!'

Now ^noth^r company eniars
the story: The Sales Cufve.
publishers of Storm Softwarei
[Saifi! Dragon and SV¥!V). slflned
a deal with Tradewest giving
them the rights to produce
Speccy versions of lots of
Traflewest's 9ames — including
Soisf Jeim^n] And here it isl
(Nothing is ever simple when
you're dealing with ietman.}

THEPRIZESi

Sofar Jetman from Storm looks
tike being an absolute stonker of
a arcade game1 And Storm are
celebrating the happy event with
a top prfze compot Or offer as
first pri^e is a complete IMmlencto
Deluxe console Set, which
includes the control deck,
loypsds, a robot and a couple of
games t Hot only that but a copy
ot Nintendo SclarJatmsn is also
being thrown inl

There are prizes for runners-up
too! Yes indeed! Becau&e we
know (from the Crashtionraire
results} that some of you own
Nintendos as well as Speccys,
there are ten — tertff — copies of
Nintendo So/ar Jetman on offer!
&ut if yoii don't have a Nintendo.
Storm are stumping up ten
copies of their latest smash hit
Spectrum game. Saint Dft^n
(what nice people)!

HOW TO WIN LOTS

To be tn with a chance of
winnirtg, put your thJnJ(ing-in-»-
crealive-sort-of'Way hat on and
design a monster! Erm, yes, it
doe* sound a bH silly, really. But
there is method in our madness
(sort of}.

We want you to create a new
friend or foe (doesn't have to be
a monslef) to join Jeiman in his
comic strip adventures here in
CRASH. Draw a piccief Jot down
details on what he/slMm's like,
and the sort of tl^>(^ they get up
to I

The |udge for this cornpo is
Jetman 's artist John Richardson,
so check out the last few sirips
to work out what tickles hts
funny bone. You can be as mad
as you went with this — ^ust ha>ve
funf

Send your entries, along with
your name, address and whether
you want a Spoccy or Nintendo
game, to: NEWSRELD.
MONSTER MAD COMPO. CRASH.
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1JW, Everything hereby March
21 pleeeeeasel

-^•^

PLAYING

Vou II be as mad as <i March hard if you miss lh« sup^rsciNious tips I ve
got fof you thus month AH fans oHhe «Qg-tvpfi Woke are in lor r real
treat (( thmtt he m«an« Oiuir - Ed| becausB there's a map and solutkon lo
the cover gjima frpm the January is&ue. Diiz^ J.S ar>d e^erylJiing you
could fK)4»ibly wi»h f«r on lh« lat«sl DIuy advAnlura. Magidand
fmcluding a groovy map by yours truly?)

IF you're rnore ot a serious gamespfayer 1h«n help on Infogrames'
Hostiigvs might be what you'ro leaking for <-t<i:^ y-'^ynf oF tuverly Livarpoot
1$ .1 bit of a venous gamer and ra«eive« a £40 ftoflware vouth«r for his
low-down on th« game WbM, I haven't got time to waste. I'm going to gel
batk to trying lo compltfla MagidMntt Oiixy. See you at the and.^.

H«r*'i « IrtHa cheatvttv for all
P»ngAtmn oul lh«t». ti vt**
flumblftd upon by Andrew Naylor of

E-I.tfillW'TlIfin.l

y^u on lo Ihs next l«v»l of IhA
game, handy as there are loada of
level! to complete.

Taho youf pkay«f to ihe r^ht hand aido
oF the BCreQf) »i>d hokJ down ri^
Now press H' to patise iho game on

any bevel you ve reschad Ke«p ih*
k»y hold down urvli! tfw music stops
The scre«n should now go stiii for s

the and of lovel scman witfi lh«
chafactafs on ii You should ihen
move on io the nent Icwei if ii doesnl
work fifsl lime (il's of» of lbos«
lomp«/am«nlal ones). jUst unpausa
!he game and try agatn

liOf* fun with y&ur pohmg p^il
Graham Turbo MdS<on ihts month.
Jutt Uk* • biitchars at whAt this
maiter of Spectrum hacking has
go<t for you...

Miamt CoitJfd GT ~ infinrte lurtxis fasl

trnd-oF-lcvol nmer

yog»'s Gfoed Monst^f — infiniie

0D»rgy, infinite sweel power

Hawk Storm — iat too many to itsi,

infiflrte everylhtng possiblef

edd The Duck " infinite live«

Fimk>rd — InFmite lives

Pang — players one and iwo rrfWtt

lives

RofJoCop 2 — inflritff lives no timer

Anyone who's stuck on this actlory<^ be glad of Ihe heip on oFfer Fwr«
packed game from Infogrames will frtHn Ray ^^^^ of LIverpooL For hl»

troubles Ray gflt» thl$ month's £40
loftwara wouchar.

POSJTIOMING YOUR
N

Depending on your choJc« of mtsson
the den&tty of the sesfchhghb vanes
LIEUTENANT - tow {Jenatty
CAPTAIN — m«dium density
COIWFWIANDER - high densfty

How to deal with the s^rchbghts:

> 'V Itghts -^ camparativety easy
Wart until !tie \^tx ts above OICT
man's he»<i ihen w^tk under of
Forward roli lo rnake sure you ctctar iho
beam

3 ViMlkAl Ughto — very M&y Just
>Aait tiimil itw Ikght leaves the scrserv
ihen walk forward

J Triangle light — moderate Wstt
until thai llfhi \% moving upwards lo tis
rtnahing positron, then rott und»m«ath
'making sura you cfaar

> ParalMftsinin B^ht — hsrd
Folksw the Iteem wtien moving leFl to
ri^. Ijc down «n Ihe middie of the
paUem arid wart until ihe beam comes
back Whdr^ ii pasMS over gel up and
carry on

It Revert* paratlelogram very
drffiCuH The only way 1 could find lo
concfufir IHtS or* was lo walk through
tl, or If ypu re lucky and there's a door

e\t vixntirm in Urut mirlrtls nf thn rkannfn

ro41i3w the beam then erter the hiding
place and leave il aFtdr the twam has
passed beWnd you Give your man
half a second to cancel om tF>e bme it
takes hJm to leave his Ftidfaig p4ace
> Reverse Triangle — difficult
Follow the ligfil unJil ifs in fini5hir>g
position then roll away as fast as you.
can Continue folNr>8 until dear: the
beam « harder lo escape because it's
movkng in the same diFection.

Stralegr

When conlfOlhng a DICT man. if you

li«id yourself surrounded tiy lights ii s
best to head For me nearest hiding
place in eHfw direction TFi© Uwi^
desigr^i^ sniper pdsl^ are located
between these postliorw:

Always try Lo get your first sniper
Inlo the ihtfd sniper poartton as this
takes the pressure oFT getting your
ramair^ s«>lipafa into position Oof^t
Mtfle for iMJMnd b«st. always try to
Q€t -jra. into posilH>n. and

on ,, „...., ..ivel all t can say is

good luck'

STOPtMTNG THE EMBASSY

Abseiling ^tZSK only)

Ttw fftslest method to descend Is

1 ▼ Position man on roof.

2 ▼ Press and hold Fire, three

seconds will do for maximun,

3 ▼ Press nght and rataas^hfe
button.

4 T It you wish to ttop. pu»i left. If
you wish to break through \\*
wmdow, pu»h tefl whan the DICT
man's head It level with the top of
the window pane.

IF you Slop above Ihe window tntry
level, push r»ghl lo open the rtpe ervJ
descend. :tien loft wtien the OCT
men's legs are vefUea^ or whei you
descend lo the coffett heigl^l H you
stop be4ow the window, push up until
the DiCT man haa reached tht cairrect
hetglit

JMSlOe THE EMBASSY

£ntor the Emt»assy thrxHtgh Ihe third
floor, bottom nghl wtndow The one
next to the stairs Press fire artd
position your curaor in-beiwwn the
door and Ihe boltom pkirture, ju$i
abnve your man's hei»d Do thts lo
prevent losmg the advantage over a
lOfTonsi after usirtg your weapon it s
be»l 10 repowUon your gwn

Lising one man al a ttme "s, best as
you only have to coneenlraie on one
thing at a ttme. making life more
managaal}l«

see tenonsts on yot. p. Try lo

eiimate them fifst Fouowims
procedure

CofTldor ancoumef : Blow them
away, simple'

Room encounter; Skgihtty more
compIeK Orva, centra cursor t^efore
entering room Two, if terronst is
behind ihe door, siuiot at N and he
shoukJmove T>>iee, enter Ihe room
and fire ihe gun contmuoui^iy, wait for
Ihe terronst to face you Do not try to
face him When he appears, shoot
him — mf\ for the head as ^ts is
good practise fiof hostage enoourners

Haatage tncountera

tF you corrre across this and rt s no!
immediateiy neirt to you «n tfie
comtjor. try to escape or you il waste
tirm moving to the hosttge Do t^tOT
try ti> shoot al Ihe terrOrM From a
cftftwfca as you wnli most probably hii
thehotttage

To ethrdnata a terronst with a
ttoslsge fottow lhi» procedure

1 Aim cursor of gun at the lopi- of the
screen and in Bhe centre d Vrm
horizontal axis

2 Enter Ihe room and fire, waat for the
lerronsi and hoetage to appeair then
t>nng the tufsor down onio th©
terrorist Ofice hrt. release the FSre

CRASH MAR&H

button 10 make sure you don'l kill Ihe
hoslAg:!!' Qnoe dead. Ihe terrorist
disappears Take the hostage lo Vhe
de£i0naTed room

OICT Str«t«ey

1 Onkoe € floor is cleaced. place a
maf> by tha lop of iho siairs to pf*v«nt

2 OnfTiissionassauK, Lake caro«hen
ertlenng a room as terrofisls are only
&howh on Ihe mini- map when in a
corridor

3 Only use rn^rksmen whan you have
a definiie targel. as hanging ai'QMOd
wa&les ime arrd cdukf put a mdmbSf

4 When using marksmen dOfi t fry \o
shooi at the two figureii folkiMr-ig each
other as they represent a tafrorst and
hostage It you do shoot ytxjit kill tiolh
and 10 kiti a hostage is alnx^ a& bad
as shooting one of Ihe Oue«n a
corgi*.

mhMB

It's egg^lraordlnary) I g9t nothing
or^ thii fab g«m* for w*«lt« th*n
two lolutiofia coma In ai th» sams
time! A bit liK« w^iiting for a bus
arpmnd h^r^. For ^11 you Oixzy I9fi9
out tharfl. hftra't tha eomplAte law-
down on ih« little bloks's lil«il
adventure, Maj/ictanti, compiled
from lertefs sertt tn by Neil White Of
DoncB«ter, Neil Scribbm^ of Milton
Keyne& and my own tlppetti

K*y to ob|«ct> and char>ct*n

A • Diamonds — DOlied 3D and give

them to Ihe devil at th« end

B • Btack CRt — 0M it to the wilch

C * Shark — jump on it's fins

D • Anclant Lamp — hjb to summon

Zaks

E • Handl« — wind up rapt at well lo

gel bucket

F • Power Pill — eat Ghosts

G • Gold Cross — use to ward off

Vampira

K # Lightning Rod — Place on

Dozy's alter ready to summon Zaks

1 • Bucket — fill with iioi water from
geyser and mett Denzll

J # Monkey — avoid his coconuts

(wiiy-heyiii

K • Da^'B*'^ — to cut the rope holding

she goat

L • Back Door Key — open ttw back

lidOf

M • Ghost — lull with the power pill

N • Drink Me Potion — give to Daisy

O • Firsbali — avotd them!

P • Trident — lo kill Zahs

Q • Pgisonous AppI* — ghf* tO

wilch

R • Goat — but^ troll off the bridge

S • Troll — nasly piece of work'

T • Harpy — no need to go

ar>yvi*hefo near htm

U # Bard/Magic Pipes — give him

the stereo

V • Bag Of Rubbish/Empty Milk

Bottfe — useless

W • A Cloth Duster — to rub anaent

lamp

X • Eat Me Cake — useie&s

* • eig Stick ~ hit goat with Stick, h«

wui bolt the troll

! 9 Daisy — give her a dhnk

2 # Dsnztt — hot stuff ^ hell give you
the stereo

3 • Dora — kissy, kissy*

4 • Dylan — hut>bie. bubble, toti and

36 ■ CRASH MARCH

trouble' ^^

5 • Dozy — sumnnon a shock

6 # Grand DIzzy — rescue him
moon walking!

7 • QMsan Of Hearts — she is a tart

8 • Zaks — the nasty wizard him^f,
poke him with something sl^srp

9 • Vampira — can get very cross

10 • D«¥i! — making deals wHh the
devil?

119 Prince Charming — more

kisses'

12 • Good Witch Glendi — with a

big cauidroFi

Wh«ra to ftnd ttie 30 dlamofida

I * Wast Tower
t ♦ Zaks' Towtr

3 * Curiouser And Curriouaer

4 * Chess Board

5 * Main Halt

*■ Entrance Hall

7 * Crypt

B * Oubiiana

ft * Troll Bridge

10* Top Watch Towar

II t The Lower Tallest Tower
1Z * Bard's Tree House
13*TowerWith AViaw

14 tin The Clouds

15 tup A Tree

16 ♦ Hi'ddert bahind a raiting In
Sword In The Stone

17 ♦ Throne Room

IB t Castle Bach Door

19 t Hidden behind a railing in
Bushy Grove

20 t Mysterious MonoTltli

21 ♦ Weird Henge

22 S in tha nrtt Haunted Swamp

23 * Under Ihe cauldron on Good
Witch Glen da's I$Ia

24 « Hot Water Gayser

25 * Hell Gata

26 t IHadas

27 ♦ Cftckf Of Gehenna

21 % Hidden behind a railing in
Cracks Of Gehenna

29 * Down A Well

30 t Secret Passage

COMPLETE SOLUTION

L, take key. i, i. jump over well, i Go
across water on shark's back, use

key, drop milk botUa, I, gel handte. up
staircase, 1. 1 u, get power pill, d, r. r r
J lump oniD Window sill, jump onto tha
cloud avoiding the bat. jump nght, faN
onto the top of the well, jump nght,
jump left, take duster, fail off cKiud, a.
Stay on the left %ni6 tit the well, use
handle, lake bucket, drop duster, jump
over well. r. r, r, r Kill ghosts, jump
across liliy pads, lake Dora Frog, r,
talk to Gienda. (, cross the liiiy pads
attempting to avotd Itie rnosquttoas, fill
bucket. I Get Dnnk Me poiion, go
back lo the Grand Hail, drop
averything except Oora. I. give Dora to
Pnnoe Charming, r. up staircase, r
Jump across lo the top of the wel).
lump nght twice, take Stick, u. go to
tha middiie dt the top right plaitorm,
jump dghi cOUect the black cat Jump
fi^ gnttw adge. take dagger, jump
left twice, go lo Glenda give her the
cat Go to the Grand Hail cutting a leaf
from Dylan's bush on the way tiut not
picking it up Collect the hucket, I, I,
start the drawbridge. 1. 1. 1, cut the
goat's rope wrth dagger, hit goat wUh
stick, I, I, drop btickel on Oenzii. Take
stereo back to the haii and drop tt,
take the Drink Me poiHW, u, go to the
wir^dow Sill Jump left onto the top of
the bed. jump left off the edge. u. u.
take the rod. d. d, i, get cross, I, jurnp
out of tfw window, i Drop rod 04^0
Dozy, I, 1. 1. 1, d. d, tha cross will nnake
Vampira stay away but you can't avoid
the bat Take the ton^h, r, drop potion
onto Paisy, I, u, u. r, r, r. r, coiiect
apple, drop cross, go to Dylan Cotiecl
leaf, go to Glenda, give all Ihe three
items to her, take tt>e polion Go lo
Dylan , use pouon on Dylan, go to the
hall cotfcecbrvg the doth on the way.
drop doth, collect stereo U. 1. 1. |ump
out of window, d, |ump left off the
platform, u, jump nght (ump ri^hl.
jump left, drop stereo next to lAe Bard
Take 1^ pipes, go to the well, go onto
the nght side and fall left. Jump right,
play ttie pipes, wait for the fat to gK>,
|ump left I. collect something siicky. I.
collect lamp. u. drop pipes, take cktih.
go to the sword in the stone. Take
Excalibur to make you a K<ng DiZZy, K
drop tamp, use duster on lamp to free
Dozy, drop duster, go to the k» castle
Jump left. u. u. jump left ofT Ihe edge
of the top lefl ledge, d, go into the
mirror Your controls wtU now be
reversed, take tha Qu^, i, avoid
pawis. save Grand Dizzy, go to
volcano. |ump across using the smoke
ckiuds. r, d. d Go to the davii, take
tha tfideni fie gives you. go back to
Zaks at the lop of the Ice Castle,
avo^d his lightning Drop (he indent Oh
him, take the nng go to the devil, I,
jump loft 10 the middle storve. drop ihe
ring into the lava. r. go to Ifie devil
You now t^ave to fmd all 30 diamonds
and return them to U\t devil to
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I' pick up the long rope airtd

',v- .. ,-reen D Use the rope and
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tree You II no* be able to get the sky
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Computw games programmung has
com« a kisng way since the days
when a ooypta of males tapping

• Pstor R^ion, onaof 6tg Red's fjmphk: aftiits. ut m .'w IBM to create a tow
Dl72y graphics

away or a fubtwr-keyeid Spectrum
with a copy of Machine Code
Progfamming for the Absolute
8&ginfi3f, Aft Studm and three

Eages of game specificaiicini coukj
nock out a chart-topping success.
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publishers' giving contracts to
bedroom hachers.

Work ts invariably given to
development houses, many
err^ciying up to 20 programnters,
arlttts and mu&iaans Creating
computer fl^mfts ts now a htghty
spociaiised job. Good ^mes «« a
comtoinalfon o( the teleitts of arlists.
musicians antJ progremmefs. The
work w hard and full of high
prosswra: often progfommefe wili
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So, what )s required to become a
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A good pfogrannmer is not worth
a sausage without a development
kil to malch Virtually 00 cornpuier
games are developed usmg a s<ngl:e
Spectrum, instead, the SpBf:tnjm is
controlled by a host computer, in
our case an IBM PC. A special
gadgal 19 plugged into the
eKpansJon port of the Spectrum
which connects tl to the back of the
IBM This circuitry, known as a
transfer board, allows the Spectnjm
and IBM to qommymcate. The
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the 16^ and with the press of a
button (in Big Red's case. Ihe T
key) the progi^in 13 bwwpodad
from the ISM into the Spednim.

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alkiws pfogrammefs to dedicate
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him, means more graphics, more
gamapEay and more music. Also,
the games Bn programmed mudh
quicker wtiteh. due to pLrtjIishers'
deadlines, glyes programmers time
lo improve their games'
presentation

So. how rrvuch doee all this
gad^fitry cost? The arvswer is a
bloomtn' packell A decant IBM
retails at approximately £1,000, Ihe
transfer board another E500 For
the Spectrum and tete vision, add
another £300 With a desk, ct^ir.
tape deck and coffee mug, there s
not muc^ ctrange (eft from £2,000
t>y the time you've finislied

TH6 GRAPHICS

Graphjcs, on the other hand, are
oomparatively cheaper to produce.
The industry standard ad package
IS El«<:trpnli; Art* Deluxe P^int
running on an Amtga or. preferably,
an IBM PC Graphics are drawn in a
Spectnjm monochrome mode and
then transported, us4rtg (he transfer
board, onto the Spedrtim where
attributes are added with Arl Stucfh.
Generally, all the mam game sprites
ar>d pictures are drawn this way, A
good kotadirig sc;;een. however, ib
drawn exdustvely wttli An Studio.

WHh aH Ihe «1 students there ara
m the worid, you would've thought a
good computer artist is quite easy
to Tind f^ so To simply be ab(e to

sketch 15 not enough. Using a
mouse IS worlds away from ([rawing
with a pencil: try wnling yournamo
with oriHB' Arlisli must be abta to
anrmale spnies, squeeze them mlo
specific sized boxes and, in he
case of Spectrum loadir>g soeens,
use attntHites' All very deve* stuff

THE 50NICS

Technically, Ihe Computer musician
has Ihe most diffkcull job He uses a
strange combination o< antsiic and
technical skill, ttie artistic to create
the tur>es. sometimes as many as
two or three a month, and the
techriiDai la wnte his mustc ^dnvet,
which should be as last as any rrf
the programmers" sprite routines, or
it sFows the game bown.

Each musician has a different
way of composing GeneraJly rt s
do<ie using some nifty sequencing
sofhMare running on ilie Amiga or
Atari ST to create a three-track
music score Thts is then reduced to
Its individual notes and mcliKted m
the Spedrum's mu&tc driver Later
this IS given to the programmer who
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The time it lakes to develop a
game vanes depending upon the
technical diff culltes Usually
prqiects are oonitpleisd betw«en 1 2
and 20 weeks

Creating games on the Spectrum
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year-old technology is beginning to
show itt age but the latest games
sh^WlbBlrtha SlWCllum can giire
consoles a njin fof their money. With
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iniKon oompiiera. publishers won't
igCKf^ the Spectrum for a torjg time
to come. Indeed, with some of the
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Ooaan, Virgin, MIrrorsoft,
QrenUin and Code Masters they
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SOr YOU WAPfT

Programming, designing «ind
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Golden Ax«,.....,„ e 50

Robo Cop 2 ......e.99

Ntghtbreed ..,.&50

Off Road Racer 8,50

Sim City. ......9,99

Rick Dangerous II 7 50

Stfiderll,. S.50

Hostages ,.,„.. 8.99

Psng „„,„,.,.,,,. .....8. 50

Monty Python ....7.50

Spy Who Loved Me ..7 99

Chase HQ 2......... 8.99

Kick Of* 2,,...., ....J.50

Turricar* , ....7.50

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Snow Strike ..............8,50

Sly Spy 8.99

Tolat Recall 8 99

Gremlins II ....7.99

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Z-Oul .. ,. ,7,50

New York Warriors ..-7,50

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Kick Off 3.99

Out Run 3,99

Rick Dangerous 3,99

Ghostbusters II.. .,.3,99

Hot Rod 3,99

Myth.-,,, ..3,99

Run The Gauntlet 3,99

Crackdown ....3, 99

E-Motion ,.....,...,,3.99

Licence To Kill ..,.,.3.99

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Foremost Action 2,99

Scrambled Spirits 3.99

Dragon Spirit 3.99

Mikey 2.99

Predator .....2.99

Fox Fights Back 2.99

Target Renegade 2,99

Exploding Fisl+.,.,.....2.99

Match Day II.,.;. 2.99

Ghosts And Goblins ,2.99
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Pac Mania ..3.99

Australian Fbatl 2.99

Batman Movie 6.99

Shadow Warriors 6.99

Midnight Resistance. 7. 99
Judge Dredd.......,.„.J.99

Wonder Boy ,., 2.99

Time Machine... 6.99

Lords Of Chaos... 6.99

Barbarian 2 3,99

Cyberbal) 399

Champ Golf 3.99

Stir Crazy ....2.99

Operation Hormuz,...2.99

Vendetta...., 3,99

Mad Max ........2,99

Hammerfist....... 3,99

PipemanJa 3.99

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Heavy Metal ...3.99

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Onca a mi^ioti it
ftlaclad. a hrlel teit
nnssage Ida rttl lies the
tsroetts). white a map pointi
you intheriCfht direclion.
When the Inlofmailonttieen
digetted, yoo're ready to arm
up. For tHit tlvere's a rante of
weapanry, including a
120fnm tufrel gun. rocitett,
ntortaft, chaff and ffare

(iuflchef?.

You view Ihe lioslile
terrain Ihrcugh the tank's
tHowpDrt. Surrounding the
viawpDrt are the many dials
and switches used to c^onirtil
the Mauler (activated dry
prissing various keys). There
are loir weapon pods, a
binocular view, intrarei
night scope and a radio
beacQn to summon a
lifillcopterally al the end of
ttw mtssicn And ihe
j)FO0ramiiT>ers. Raattlme
Software, are such nice J

• Saiact mistlons froin ttia

Dlf^U JIDIl Spocky Coincidencos Aitmber 37S ((n a
III Unnllll series ot S9S.3T4): BatH§ Cammtni
airjvos in ttte otifca as soon as war breaks out in Uie Gulf, So
tiiert I WW, bmifaliig areond in the Msuier on one screen, and
on tin TV KTiM i»ixl lo mt John Simpson \% counling thtM
all ovt and camming lliem ail in. Bmrt Silting down lo play
Battle Command lor the tint timt ti i itiunting aipertance,
Thare seams lo much to iaani. Bll Uini, after a couple of
ptiys, (I ill bicomet tiki a railly playable arcade game, tt'a
nol moci) Ol a tQUQhie sJtniilitiOji al allt Baftia Commgnd Is
best summed up as Ssttia iotie (111 at old vecloi graphic coin'
Dp) with strategic mlsslans. There's plenty or drtvtng around
and biatling enemy lanki and gun amplacemints belora
idually completing a mtulon — it's great hin leHifig rip wMfe
•M ataortment of mitt Hat. Tfie vaiiely of mitttofa Is good,
ifid ts you work yvvr way Ihroagli new ladlta Mn4 af^prdicbet
are leatneil. The speed of botti liio vector and loliif 30
graphici is very impressive, much failer Ihin Cttritt
CommiM, and liie shadtiiB'i good so mott oblicb! can be
clearly tea a. Pratanlallon It fib, with lolt ol titllr-
undflfstMd ipiloii wrt tJU, hiipttt wlQi G4totfi1ul graphics It
go tftrfMafk. Yls siirM. 1 naiiy if<|oyid ydng cofltroi of Um
Mauler and giving Uie enemy wfiat fcrf

93%

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ba access Ihe mlsstonTiap
andleitilyougetldsi

The enemy are out n force
in most misions and twy
play for keeps. Tanks ire
tolfiiv easy to destroy Hillfi a
Mtalf-pliced sbeii or rissiie,
bal waicti yout back wien up
againsi the likes of a racket
taoncher. Good luck (cldier.
fou'ii need ii.

KloQlReatlime amond
two years Iq progfam their
lift gams, Catrier
Commtntt. and gufss whal?
Yes, Battlt Commdfldhas
lakenlJie same amouit ol
lime to appear. But was it
wortti the wait? The answer
tsa resounding yes !

The graphics are ap to
Realtime's tiigh standards,
wireh'ame and shad el
sprites blertdiiT§ to creale
go oil looking and very Itft
fticvififl vehicles: Pltyabilfty
Is also BxceilBni.eaciiof the
ten missions ca I iiag lor
tllfferen! degrees of blasting
and strategy skills. Bstils
Commands lough, there 's no
doubt ol that, bet it gets a btg
thumbs up Irom me.

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I £14.99

orlO.ODO years Itie
world has been a1
peace, (hanks mainly lo
thernvslicalFirebfade,
Bui now disaster ttas slni€k
The blade ha% been sJiaHefed
Idle sixteen pieces by IN
evil Havak and scattered
across Ihp In nil The
deslrticiion ol the sword tias
allowed HavQk la »nd hi%
mimoits on a rampaging
siiree. II s up lu you as Htrc.
Hit Hit otUie Blade Kmgti Is,
IQ find the sixteen sptinlers
and, atier slickinQ Ihem
togellier withi super glue, hill
Havak

But as we all know, lilc
ilft'1 simple (or indeed lalf |.
Voustart Ibe game with
nothing far proteclmn but

your kftucllesafidsi^e ten
kjcker boals However, as
yoii flip lore lHe itiaie-IIke
underground cav^ems
weapons present Ihemselvfls
iQr cnllecliQn These incltidf
Score hbal Is, Qarls.
Sptnblades and Needle Bolls..
Wilh or wJttioul a weapon,
keeptng the fire button
prttsed down increases the
powermBlifr al Ihe bottom
rtgtil of Ihe status panel; Ihe
higher ttie level of power, tttt
hardirr the till (or stronger Uw
shot)

As you progress through
the caverns, scenery
gradually unlolds. So. ynu
may pop down a ladder into a
new section onlylnlmda
small room But is that a
crachettwall? Can il be a
pnshed over? Yes J1 can* As
you walk through your newly

Bramml Brum mi
SCffMcA/Yish. tut
icKon all the way In
Itw new game codeit
IbyWASPlWiAraSpectnim
Ptoanmmert). 75(k£ Grani
A4j. This 1« a ntoloftlki
nclag ginii with a
diffeiwiefl. litsieail of
I wilcbing a bike whizz and tilt
iround a nomtal trach, the
whole »r»nlilti in the
directttm ol t cantr, nakiiii

ttw nme much rmii
nilltllGf Thert are six
clauit %x\\\t\^ tracks and la
each race yoj have to make
W thrDugh the pact and (loisli
In the top three.

Spaed tint all !ha1't
Important: you hiwe lo ihlnli
iboul the stale ol your tyrts
ui patrot lank , After each
Iti vot're given Ihe option of
itopp9ng in Ihe pits Id change
the tyres and lilE up wltti ga».
This usually loses your
potHtonbHitlittlfMCtll

Switchbfade is a slrange tlllte game. Well,
■«!!«#■« aclually its not Utile ~ there s a huge area Id
explors. but it is strange. The graphics put me oil to begin
wllh: the small mam sprite gels lost in the background as all
Ihe graphics are in monochrome, reminiscenl dI Rtck
Dangerous hut without the colour. Alter adjusting my eyes t
started to enjoy the game. Ttie way Ihe titlle bloke is
Gonlrotted also tales a bit ol getling used lo. You tiave to jump
and kick weH ahead of lime so lorward ptanning is essential,
but just two or three plays will ttave you addicted: you can
spend hours linding all Ihe hidden bonuses and secret walls.
I'm tolally addicted !a Switchbtsde, it s a fun game with plenty
Id keep yau busy. thou(}h going over the same lerritofy atl the
time can tit?t .i bit ttrEsntne

02%

becemesatidrepetttve,
shfloi an enemy guad, grab
3 bonus, shoot another
guard, grati another ienus
etc. In short. Smttchttatie is
a good arcade/advenure
game thai loses out liightly
on itteplayahility stages.

erealid entrance, the whole
screen lights up with many
mare obstacles lor you to
Qvereome. Keep your eyes
peeled tor points bonuses,
power tips, speedups,
invutnerahility shields ek.

HavDk's minions are out in
force and you must be on
your guard. Watch yout
energy because ane loo
many hits and the last ol the

eiade Kflights will snutt tt
lsob!|.

Graph icaliy, Switchbisde
is very good: well deiined.
(asl-movtng sprites tiaille it
oul m Ihe vasi underground
caverns. Cartographers are
well catered for — if you
don I: draw a map you're verf
soon up the veritable creel i
withoul a paddle, IMy only 1
nii^gle is that pmeplay |

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toon »e made up.

Tile only annoying thing It
that al Ihe start of the race all
the other riders sJioot off into
the distance, leaving you on
the starling line. It tlia game
was true lo lite, they'd ait be
stmggdng to acceterafe, tool
Never mind. ^Sftec finntf
jPf^jrti a great bike racing
game that gives the gnnra a
new twist— lileralfif.
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ThB plac«: a corridor.
Th8 speed: lighl. Tti«
ttrii:l9bounciiiMill
down tho eorririor iiHl
cDrrifilete various ctialltiigu.
Yti, you gutsMil it Wt
6re3liOut\n2U\

The L igfit Corridpr ii Iti e
laieit in a long line of
wondtrtulty weird gimoi
Irom Inlogrames. in jls
itomelricSD envirtmrnflrtt,
YOti MM a lansparefll nequit
to gutdo a metallic sphera
through Ihe obitacles tliat
each level holdt. Horton like
sliding walls, inlillls^eitl
tilockx itist iQllow pu «round
ttie screen and devilislity
difTicuil challenges lodn
liav« your head i|i Inning,

FloBtfng icons can be
collected jirst by dumping
into them and oittier help or
hinder your progress ^ There

are sconi decfeases, doublt-
sized rucquets, and icons
whlctr mahfl the sphere slick
lo Ihe rscfiifet. It's not jtist a
matter oUollectiflB
overyttiing you see — you
have to becaretui.

The Bfime uemt mlly
simp la when ttie ball it
coasting alofiQ in a itnl|M
line. iMft once it's Dfft ml)
and spun of! In another
direction. IHe get» a bit mort
cornpllcated. H's not long
biiofl vve're inanDeuvring
the rtntuet aU ove^ the
screen dasperaiely liying la
ttve vaur sphere.

TJAw LfgM Corfidof teaturst
SQ levels but in case yoti get
(fld up Willi those the game
hit an editor lacillty. Utln^
tbls yoij can let yoir
imiglnation run wild and
have great tun making
Impossible corridors iar your
rrierrds to attempt.

The ediltof is simple to

ute:thg types ol obstacle
appear at the bottom of the
iGreen and you use a pointer
to select wha! you want and
how lir down the corridor its
positioned.

Bnak j^vf-style games are
nothing new, ttut ThaUgtit
CofTi^oniUi a whole new
dimanslan to Iha game ttylt ,
M well ai being preny
MMiIng! graphically, it hat i
g<HKl audio side. There are
tunes tor each level, sound
ettecls and evea Prince
samples to kftp yotfr ean
ringing [Ibat'i Prince the pop

star, not Prince Charles!).

Anyone wtio ttiDughl thai
Aiunoiawu ttte ultimate in.
ball-Ii4ili1ng games has Just
get lo play r/r« u§M
Corridor. It's Addictive
beyond t^allet and there in
none of tlie hassles of having
totttrt from leva I one again
«lMi you get killed, tttanki
lo (N password system.

Aiwejl as being a QDOd
way Id g«l rid ai Irustration
(all thai ball batlertng), Ihis
game will also test soma ol
your brain skills. The mena-
chslleiiges y&u gat every four

M ABIf Arrgli! Tlrit |am* is M Iraitiitlagl No iOQMir
IflHnii de I tire the ball ufi Uit cwfMor Out tt flln
back at me at warf tactor nine! ftot aflef Ti eiliiiMI tfovm a M
(and luckily tailed in my attempt to llirow Uie Speccy out of the
window), I really injoyed ptaylng UMi/fM C§rritor, Tin
editor o|itioR la a great laature. allo«lii| yav to be a really
nasty pit and biild a coiTt4or vow friemtt canl beat (snifKltr)-
Graphks an simple biit itticUve. Aiae ef iwta ta the tttokif
Inw tim ptays on Ito ttttt pa^e and hi Um cmm. Tim U§lt
Corridor li tan to play aad nets arei«d wTui la tlM editor
mode, twy it imn«llat«ty (ft n«1 aoontr).

(eve It tike some wortino
oal.MdifliiiitMbaills
getting moit and mOfs out ol
control il can be 1 fiair
rilsing eiperience*

I recommend Tha Ufht
C9fr(aor\ii alt lens of simpla
bitl wildly addlctrvf games.
See the lighl and gel your
eopyinday!

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Code Mastep«
C2.99

nortj.a UctiB
e!epFiai>t. has been
captured and is being
Mown lo a ;oo many
miles 3way frcim h»s natrve
homeland Pdidnt want
any ol this and lumped Irom
me pJane, giabbing an
umbrella 10 help him reach
the ground safely jjlal lol of
use Ihai would tse lor a two-
ion eiiphanli) You nowbava
10 guide CJ back lo his lungle
home.

On his adventures. CJ
Iravits Ihfough tsur levels ol
arcade mayhern, visftmg
Pans. Iceland, Egypt and the
iungle be lore be can hear

those native dmms again 01
course, it's not }ust going t
be a matter ol jumping on ■
lube and getting off al Jungle
Slalion — CJ haslQ battle
his way through horded of
Hiasllrs and traverse I he
many devious piiHorm
puziies belnre lie can put his
feel u@ (if that s what
elephants do) All is not l«l.
as ihe little Itliow ts amted
(Of tninkedl wUh monkey
nuls which easily pop olf
any pfedalor.

All the backgrounds and
sprttes in CJ's Etephsni
Ani/cs are eicceilentty draw
and coloured The animation
cf CJ and the olher
characters is also well done
and gameplay is addictrve

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righl trom Ihe stad A lolly
tune brings the gamr i » Hiv
at the begiimino ant! <yiv^
on. and on and on I s«on
becomes in Hating'

CJ s Etephsnt Antici*^ a
great arcade ramp padrrn
Willi gre<)1 graphici; mi
addictive g^mepiay Aid lor
all you fansol realism you
can makealrunli in wiar
while piaytng the gam) ool ol
an old loilel roll labt md
Hiie double sided sihky
tape (itianh you Nick -Ed)
NICK

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ApriM 941, General
Kuft Siudeni Ql thB Xt
\ Fl[egert(Or|)&
CGitstdereil ihe possJbtttty o1
f mploifma not only arve
regimeni but Ihe wtiale of the
existing German diirbotm
units, in an pperalian greater
than any so lar provided by
the UttwaffA. Within the
frameworh o1 Operalioii
Martta, he suggested taking
rh* ttianrt rvi Crete by
aitttorneatla&h.

Ms Ihis daring atlaclt —
and ttie delence tiy the
eihausiei} allied troops —
that £ covered by CCS's new
het-based wargame. Crete
194 1 Designed for one or
two placers, Crete 1941
allows you to take either
side, with the addition gf
many useful menu options to
give a variety ot what It
scenariDS

Far exarri|]le. aherthe
German troops had landed,
jhefr essential supply convoy
was destroyed by allied
ships. A menu option allows
Ihfi canvoy to arrive or sail
under variable Survival,
which isarandDmaltait
giving a S^-5D chance ol
arrival.

In addition, you can
enable disable wind drift
touring para drops which,
when enabled, givers a good
chance ot German troops
missing their drop poinl or
drowning in the seai. You can
alsoallenniiial deployment.
Movemenl. across Ihe map
(that covers many screensi is
hidden and visibility is
restricted durinQ nighl
moves.

Among the many orders
available are the tollowing:
Road, a time-savinQ order
instrucling a unit io move via

• Heralttlon harbour In Crefe 1941 (bett#r kMp an

eye out for Mjfiotaurs, att myth lovers?)
the road only: Transport, for type units aind terrain
GefTnan convoys: Evac — symbols One slight gri|

evacoalion — which ahects that it woutd ve been ni
victory conditions ol Allied have had Ihe option ot i
players, and Status, divided strategic map that shrai
up into name . order. large laciicai map into <

strenoth, movement points,
cohesion {how well
OJ'Qanised the unit is),
morale and tactics
(training/experience ot the
troops I

Ttie graphics are usable,
with relatively clear counter-

symbols One slight gripe is
that it woutd ve been met to
have had the option ot a
strategic map that shrank Iht
large lacitcai map into one
screen, giving the ptayer a
more general viewpoint ot
the batUe.

A more serious criticism
lies with the combat An
atiaskinQ unit has no choice
Imt to attack B$t adjacent
ones, s si ttv rule, especi "

some ot the adjacert itnfCs
may lie in easily drtlertnt
tifratn Imountainoits. lal
eft),

t would ve hked to hive
»Be n setecttvt atlacJis -nade
possible. As it Is, the ticttcal
bailies are more ol a Kttery.
while unit movement ii akin
Io playing draught rafter
Itian commanding miliary
units This combat
irrcgularihr spoiled an
otherwise enioyabte
wargame
PAUL RIGBY

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Enigma Variations
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SAM Coup«

SpberB. one Ol the most
feared prison planets
owned by the emperor
ol the RigaltV system.
8 place where many people
have gone In ^ but hardly
any have come back out.
Having been sent here tor a
crime you didn't cnmmit, you
seekrevenge and escape.
This seems impossible
until you stumble upon a

broken-down supply ship.
Before ttiB repair dr^ids
begin work, you sneak
aboard and hide until the
ship is fully operational.
Taking contrnl of thn ship,
you now have to fty through
three massive tevels of
Khoot-'em-up mayhem ti»
rvaeh freedom.

Blast the guardians of
Sphara as tliey attempt to toll
your ptaiti for escape —
there are loads ol emi In
tome cases, you meet a

Sltlty ftcrDtltng, 16-cotour •prttftft and stereo sourvd In

guardian hivo or three limei
before you actually destroy
il, to a healthy trigger finger
ts fieeded.

These end of-level
monster include olant
crabs, deadly scorptons anif
sand creatures, and to deleat
them you fire until they're
forced off the top ot the
screen {avoiding their deadly
bullets while you're at If).

Sfthtn'i game play is
basic shDof-'em-up Jl^ a
'simple' matter ot avoiding
the continuous onslaught of
space debris, killing the
occasional attack wave of
ships, picking up the artra
lives, energy and weapoiis,

SAM Sphara

'LA^^L.

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SQAically. Spftera is very geod, but the
griphftt leave a lair bit to be desirrd. The
backgrounds are colnurlul, as are the end-ol- level fliartllwit,
but Ihe spaceship sprites are very crude In comparfsofl. I
found the ship's contrtols to be slightly sluggish when
responding to the hail at enemy hullets. This CMsel much
fruGlration and I eouldn't get any turther than ttie end ol the
first level. Sphsrt is a blast 'em-up for well ard joystick
junkies only {and people with milder tempers than my Dwnjt

58%

then blowing away the end-
Bl'tevel monster. The only
Ihlngi that vary trom level tn
level are the moiotert and
some ol the ssanery
fliaiihics.

Sptar^t ECfolfftig Is
impressive. Backgrounds
scroll by at varying speeds,
interweaving with each other.
This makes impressive
viewing but can be contusing
when you don I know what
you can tty ov^r and under.
The game tioasts 16-CQlour
graphics and stereo sound,
showing what the SAM can
get up to i feel that some ot
the graphics could've been
better: I! you can have 16
colours to play with, why are
all Ihe alien ships boring old
white on bladi?

Sptt9rt is a good eiimpln
of what can be produced
given htM a dnnce. tl lacks
a lot In gameiilay but is
bound tn be a hit with aft

SAM owners, simply because
there ire tew other games
around. With more software
development {SptMotiti
little rough around Hw
eitotf), I predict we're In lor
some very ei:ltfng aamei in
the future, tiurrah indeed!

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Pot Matrix LCi

Single player or Dual player faciiity with optional lead.
Rechargeable t>attery pack or AC adaptor available separately
Extertslve library of Interchangeable Gamecards to guarantee
continued excitement, only £14.9$ each.

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Accolade ■ £10.99
■ £16.99

n the far lutirrt. Iht
Amance Ol free Stars
laces slavery al Ihe hariJs
01 the UrQuan HiefarcHy
(ie. a iiuRchol war
immgeFinQ aliens) Steps
have been tahen to null the
llireal ol galactic war, and il's
iscontrotter of either ttie
Alliance or Hierarchy thai you
baHlfl lor do ni( nance.

Thfl lirsl job ts to set the
optii^ns. These are one or
two ptsyers (the cofnputer
ttaivdsinforpfayertwe. il
necessarv), Cyborg
(computer figtrts battles for
yeuK Psytton (coEnputer
decides yoorslralegvy and
ditficuity level

Til ere are tliree modes ot
play. Practice attows you to
tamiltartse yoursell with

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shtp'to-sfiip combal, Uiltt
is a fight to the death
between the two &ii}es
without llie strategic
element, anij Fu4l Garrre
gives you the whole sliooting
malch.

In Full Ga^r^e. both tortes
aregiven a slarbase and a
large wad of cash. Tlie pci?nt
oi the exercise is Sa reach the
opposition $ starbase and
destroy it The sides take it in
tuffrs to build ships and move
them to vaHous planets.
Some are Hie supporling and
$0 pop Illations can be buill
up. Olivers have rnirttrig
potential, whilst a third lypt
are barren bui make good
tortitied bases. Obviously,
the sides afe going to clash
sometimes, and such
encounters brmg up a
stirtield and the two
competing sbips.

BfTi-rum JE^suEs

the winner ol the game Is
the lirst player to reach and
aniihilale Ihe opposition s
starbase — and may the best
man win!

5f*fCoftfnr;cena inly has
polentiai It's playable lor a
whiie. although tbe ability lor
Ihe computer to take over the
combai/strale^gv parts ol the
game spoils llie lun (tor me

at teast), The grapfiics aran't
great but as the basis of liie
game is using yoor brain
rather t^an yOLf Irrgger
linger, it does n I really
matter A rather more serious
lault is Ihe game s lacli Dt
depth, it s all loo easy to
buitd stiips and then, when
you're strong enough, attack
Ihaenamy inlarce A lew

HIP If StJT Cotiirel is not your average space gajne. I
Ulun was eipBcting scrolling landscapes, hordes ol
aliens and msga-weapons in a general shoot- emup setting
What did t lind? Tiny spaceship graphics, lots of teit and a
siuiegyslvle game. The only arcade element >s when a
conliict arises: two ships fly around. /Isfe/orifi style, shooting
everything on tite screen. TDIs doesn t mean there isn't a
good game there. Ihougli People with brains will have a lield
day. so il yEMi wani a game that you have to sil down and Ibini
about. StBT ConlroftQM be just your cup ot lea.

63%

in ore options ana gretter
depth would have made Stsr
ContTOia great game rather
Man a good one

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US Gold ■ efl.99
■ C14.M

You'n Men them on
ll«w»AtTen:^ftt}en's
a hotlage trisis or
tome nutter i« running
around with a gun. Uit SWAT
teams are sent in. Wearing
enough metal armour to
build uv^sral new can and
carriftRg enough weaponry to
•tirt World War Ikl. they biast
flisl and isk questions trf t^e
lead-riddted beittei Jalar.

Much like the heroat in US
Gold's lalesi rel«M«. f^
SWAT...

Aima or wtifi tlie help ol a
pit. you play a member ol a
tvturiitic police squad whose
tsili li to crack down on tlie
lOirlng ciftmi lata The only
way to do this «11ecti vely is lo
don tJie huge E-SWAT
(Enhanced Special Wiiponi
And Tidies) baltte arniouf.
Btftio earn this piece ol
DipiniNe equipment, you
firet must (igtit through the
first threa levels In an

III mUl turned out to be vary poor; dire, In lad For a stait
ott, ESWATh cursed wilft one of the wor^ muftt-ioads I've
coma ecroti lor a long time. When you eventually gel to plav
Itie game. Hs tiartfty wortfi Hie effort. The most enjoyment yoy
can get is havlflg a ggad laugh at the bfocky cliaractefs thai
Joll about tlii screen. The big titock Is when you load the
game in 4IK mode. For seme tMnngt reaton, if you own a
48K Spectrum you have to eatfBR the game witti llie plirinf
traa compffssed, making tin badly drawn 1Z8N grapMa laoi
evsi wiMtt. THa main cHaraders look like Gonfon The Gopher
with an Amefican toislbsilfrs bodyf f-SMfJiris a game I
I strongly advise yay stay away from. US Gold can do a lot
better.. .

30^0

l»rtilMaiy, llimty clofth unltorm

(fftilpl).

Inttlstfy pnTvided with a
mere 9mm autnmalk pjiU)(
and a (tmiiad sttpply of
ammo, you rnuil reach Hit
and ol each level aind kill the
reildeni bad guy. His
henchmen aren't gulng to let
some nosey copper just stroll
up and blow their boss's
brains out. so Uiey fire at you
with a range of big. noisy
bang slicks. But ammunition
is In short suppty so lookout
lor cases containing ammo
ctl|».

Once ttw end-ef- level bad

giry lias been arrested, you
move to the nerl taeei, ontil
level foMf Is reached, when
you're promoted lo the E-
SWAT team and allowed to
precllce your RoboCop
impersenaiion.

lo Ihe cassette version oi
ESWAT, each level is loaded
separately. This would be a
pain In the neck with a gooil
game , but as £SWAT is a
pretty duii effort, itt
intolerable.

The monochrome graphic
are n inlinpressiva as the
gameplay — the character
sprites ItNHring more llfte

Everything haa bewfi squeezed to nt ESWAT

Into 4BK Yes, /jvorythi'^f}

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hunchbacks than nofmai
human beiii|t.

And that's onty the 1?BK
game, on the A side. The 4BK
tertton ts worn. The pitying
area is squashed to about
one third of the screen's
height, making the
chandars fat and unclear, f-
SMUT oilers nothing
enjoyable; even the blasting
Is sluggish. Vary
unimpressive.

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Digital Integration
■ C14.9Sa £19.95
^ 128K€»nly

I'slally-hochaiisivllh the
talest Digilal Inlegratlon
air combat game. F-16
Combit Pilot. There ire
plenlY Qf missions to lly.
incluiitng five wariri-up ones,
all of whicli musi be
completed HetDre lackiing
the biggie, CDdenained
Qpefatian Conquest.

Atter itie tondols tiave
lieen sel. a seconb opiian
tattn appears Hi<re you
em twitcti ofi the uaining
moda (wtiicli pfevents Ilia
enemy Irntn harminq you}
Idq into Itte pilol roster and
select a missJDn; yoti can
choose If om Scrambfa,
Hamrnerl3low. D«ep$lrlkt.
Tanhbuster and Waichlower
You iften fecBJwe youf pre
ttighl brteNng tu ttSenlity your
I targets.

Before taking o(t. pick up a
seletlipn ot weaponry tfom
lire hangar Choase Irjsm a
Vulcan 20mm si Jt barrel
cannon, Sidewinder and
AMHAAM a^fr-toaif missiles,
Maverick and HAflM alf-to
ground missiles, and ctiafi
and ffares far tielence You
can load the weapon pods
your^eil or leave the ground
ttatt to ciisose the most
eltftctive toad lor the selected
mission Then Qtl inlo Uie
wide blue yonder to kick
some bun (artef a quick re»d
of the tiehy control manual.
Of coHru),

M «fHh mQsl tt<ght %\tn%.
the joystick is only used to
steer the plane — must at
the HUD (headS'Up disptayj
operalicns are accessed Ay
th« press ol a key Control ol
the plane is very good,
scrolling is last and though
ground detaihs sparse
cock{iil displays are delailed

twat able Id keep ihe

j:?^ir^^

Comirtg into la^nd on me airstrip

plane in the sky more easily
than with previous High!
stms, although make no
mistake abouiii, th^rtve
lireliminary missions are just
a taste of what's to come in

Operation Conquest

f- 1$ Combat Pittfi is more
lor simulation afiiCicnadQs
than general gamesjilayefS,
so its a case otyou either
loving it or getting very

Uip V II you re like me and ttimk most ilight slmulalioni
niwll are the same, you wouldn t tie lar from tlie truth
Looking al the mam seclton ol f- i6 Combaf Pitoi, ii« a lot like
endless games 1 could mention. There are a variety of
missions to tty and yoti can choose day or nighl. eloitd or
clear The truth is Ihai whichever Dpiions you select you'lt
spend the majority ot your playing time staring at blank gieen
ground, siraining to make oui what the cluster of blobs belDW
are meant to represent, F-1S has some imptesslve
presentation and aptioi^ screens, which puts it at^iead of its
cempetitors, The damage control and weapon select are
particularty good Flight sims never wort that welt on the
Spectrum, but Digital Integration have packed a hell ot a lot la
and have done a tirsi class ipb

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Tituft ■ £10.99

e'sonhiswayf Erm...
Well, aclualty, he's
here (al last!). Jump
into the shoes of Dick
Tracy, retracing his steps
from the last summer s quite
a hiimoute. searching for
Big Boy Caprice and his
gang.

~ Bliml Blaml Ble '

The Dick Tracy story tales
ptace in 1930s Manhattan
and everybody &eem£ Eo have
btg yellow trenched ats, trilby
hats and carry violin cases
under their arms! Dick has to
rescue the iovefy Tess
Trueheait. who s been
kidnapped by Caprice and
hidden somewhere in the

City, Getting his It^ved one
backisn I going Iq tie &a$y.
especially as at the start at
(lie game he only has his
tistJ to pop the baddies with.
There are five ieveis, each
with between 10 add 15
screens and end ot level
hard nuts Dick only has
three types dl badtiy to look

.■n tlt« gangsters in Dick Tr»cy

If Inim hillino the oanos

If iniin hilling the gangsters is a piece of cake Okay,
at the start yo4i only have fists for defence, but when a jun is
in your possession it's simplicity itsell to finish (he game.
Ve rir poe r va I u e Iq r money — a n d where s Madonna? !

30%

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out tor: blokes with (ists,
tilokes with guns and blokes
leaning out ol windcws with
giins!

It you're wondering how
the hell you kill a gun-
wielding maniac with your
fists, you'll be glad to learn
that once a man has been
killed he drops his weapon,
leaving it tree for Dick to pick
up and use. There are two
'"in types a normal handgun
It tires ofle tiiiiiet at a time
4 a machine gun {the latter
mtretimorefun!)
All this SDunifs realty
ipressive but the truth it
tl Dick trscy incorporates
[|e inler^slirg g^meplay
All you have to do is run
lund slioDling anything
II moves and picking up
I weapons th»t are left
tiind. You don t even have
worry about ammo, as
th guns have an
ixhaustkhle supply-
lis i fait like an otd-
Bshioned movie, le it sin
blact and white and there's
no sound Don't laugh, its

tntel The only colour is a tiny
bit of yellow and cyan on the
hoitom ol Ihe screen; all ttie
sprites aiiit hackgrounits,
although quite well drawn,
are in blacli and wtiite
monochrome. And tbtt's
about it Tt looks okay and the
animation s r>Di tiad bu) Dick
Tracf'i gameplay is
incredibly simpiistic—lt
took me just under an hour to
complete il.

NICI( 34%

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TdVe Dck: hors« riding in Ihe first section oi B&ch To Thv Future
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II s«l (or 1 fitiQ-
dir»5(ii . fODlirr .
taolin condusioftio
I Sick To The Fututt?

This is part 1tif«« ot the saga
and It s a preJtv fioi coohi*^
Set way back in the Wilet
West I1B&5. lobe eiacll.itie
action starts witli Doc Brown
onah{)rse He l^as to cliase
atier the runaway earn age
that hold& Clara, the warn an

RIILIII0IU2

Z*pf»«lin Qames

Seven VQ > n itttr ffifl
original Ful) Throttl*
COmixiUstqu«l«
— cunningtv titled futt
Jhrnme 2\ You taka coniml o1
a rotirif-engiRsd 750cc
Suiierbike and have eiBhl
Menrational circuils fo tpin
inwii in fiifl Ridarx'
Ctaliange.

SantFy. ttvs original fiama
vas i lad mon playthla ttan

Itiis. Of cawn , Futt Threnta
i it inpMeal^ &ui»dricir.
with It's colour fcrtiiling
Mckg rounds and title
KfVins, byl when von
tcnpe anotiwr bile ^ou go
rlglit d^own to 2ttrD mph
belora you can ilirt trff
again. Harumpti!

You liave to come 3IH1i out
oJ forty on ttte tlr^ (rach, 2{nh
oa tki aacond and so on, t
lotirid this aimost tmonssible
and could only stand playing
a few gamat batwa I was

he is aboul to taEi in iave
Willi You lielp ilie Doc
Gontrol Ihe horse and keep
Ihe enemtes ai bay Jumpinq
difffi, ducking Irom Wiuiih
and colieding bonus points
leei)& you bu^V-

The second section of ieve)
one is a verticaily scrolitng
stioDt- em up buHets ftying

! evervwheie. Survive ail this
andyfiucomelo...
The Shooting Galierv:
Ite but lets! You've now

' changed characters to
beeome Marty, and iie ain'l
yalla! Armed with 3 shiny
atw gun, he haslQ shoot alt
IIk popup targets such as
AfCks, geese and cowboys. A
careful trigger linger is

needed, howevtr as the odd
Qranny {not thai all grannies
are odd!) pops itp. Shootmg
her reduces youf score Now,
oft Id the streets.

Being a bit ol a frisbee
king back (or is it torward^i
rn19a§. Marty takes on the
tocal baddie (Bufford) and his
cronies, armed with nothing
more than a few tin pie
plates! He has iia score a
direct hit on all the cowboys
and ilien do away with btg
bad Bufford hiirssil

Now get back to the future!
The OeLotean has been
strapped 10 the front of a
steam tram which has to
reach Ihe magic SB mph
before it can travel thmiigh

M ADK^ Aacf To Ths Fittun Part Hi is happitif s great
ITIMim improvement over its firadecaaipr: it plays
well, ifflohi good and sounds good! The game's four iclion-
packed ieveli^ lollow the film plot closely. The ipriiet are
realty graal, movtsf as last as the smooth scroHing. Level
Ihree it ttpactiW y ip aa tfy . Marty chucking pie plalas all over
the place! f loved the film and highlY recommend Ihe game.
Ili a pity it's taken until the iasi Him to get a decent Sack To
The Future game. So, it's my last chance fe shout Marty,
you ve gol to enme with mt back to Iha fHturtC at an
annoyingly jottj voiama (Mftftej^l

93%

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(anyeicuii, ehHicfcT!->
Ed}!

Birt, no matter how arail
you play, the other riiai*
aiwayt seem to do tratttr.
Tlty never fail ell and can
ridtttnight through yon
tnmh9hm\FaUThwtti92
la an average bllta

almuiation. ani m batter

than the flrrt.

MICK

ftvf RAu wm

Aa th« aun a*ta ovar Belgium tH« m^ contlnyMi in
FutiThmtthl

time. To reach thTssort of
$peed thelrainhasiodo
some impressive puffing
{missus) Collecting PreslQ
blocks to give it Ihaiesira
boost is your ia$k.

Back To Tt\e Fitture Part Hi
came as a big surprise lo
me. The last two games have
been pretty shoddy to say
ihe ieasl. hut part three Is a
reai joy to play

Graphics are eiceileitf
Large animated sprites and
colourful backdrops are used
in most of the game, with
oniy the veittcally scrgifing
shODl 'em up levels ielling
the side down

Game play is total tv
addictive Once you ve
started ptaying you |iisi won't
be able to put the game
down. Tb compliment all this
are some toetapping tunes
Wild West classics like
Ghos) ditsrs In The Sky and
The Good. The Bad. And The
Ugly (known as Nick.
Richard and Mark intha
CRASH oH ice) play through
ihe levels. Imageworks are
on to a real winner here,
rounding of) the trilogy with
such a wonderlul Kliorv-
packed and varied game
iCreaiscotl, Many, tt'sa
CRASH Smash}!*

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SOUND

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PUrABllfTY

91%

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On th« highway to hell on Mars in Total Rocatl, shoot th« trucks to
Slay alival

Oceana £10.99 ■
£15.99 ■ l2aK only

I ftmember II lor
you wtiDlesale'
l' hollers the
Rifelll IncorporalBd repris-
entatWe in Schwarienepger s
tiituristtc film, Tot3i RecsH.

Rememhit it wholesale? I
remember Ihe preview far
Ms ani il was nothing like
Uils linished vertiDn. wtiich
If a bit ol a blessing as the
did Tot3f Recall yn3$n\mutH
cop!

RiQht. lers trv and gel the
plQisiraiyhl Iheline Irom
IttE advertise meni — You re
not you — you re me' —
doesn't eiaclly make things
Citar. In Total Hecall, the v(HI
ilDiMtO Quajd. a chap
hoiiftifed by nig hi mares ol a
lite on Mars In an attempt lo
tort \\ cut. Ouaid ¥i*iis
Rekall Incorporaied. a
company Ihat spscrattses in
adventure hoSidays — not

56? CRASH MARCH

real ones but implsnled
memories of your ptrled
vacation

tn his chiosen holiday,
Quaid is a doubtedealing
spy on M^rs bul unexpected
events make him suspect he
may aciuatly bpaspy, and
tiis curreni Quaid idenlity is
an implanled memorv
Desperate to sort himsetr
m\. Quald goes 10 Mars, bul
the villain ol the slory.
Richier, IS hot on his tail

jQf ai Raaii hat live levels
ol packed gameplay which
lale you from Eartli lo Mars.
There are two types a1 leva I:
in odd numbered levels, you.
as Qua id, jump arauni} muttt-
ditectional scrolling
platforms, while in even-
numbered ones vou take In
ntilrfetsjn ahori^ontallv
Ecrollmg car shoot em up
It's quite an odd mii because
you can learn' how Id play
ih« plariorm levels but you
simply Aaretobea good
shool-'em-up player to
succeed In levels two and

toitr

Level one »s set m a large
complei guarded by many ol
Richters henchmen, someol
them armed. You must find
the five objects you need to
lake to r^Aars A gun and your
mighty lists are your dele nee
(remember to pick up eilra
ammo to keep your gun
battle ready I The complex is
about live storiys high and
constructed Irom pUtforms to
leap bilween and lifts to lake
you between lloors It sounds
a bit like anv old olaliorm
game, doesn t il?

But hold your horses, there
are plenty of puzzles 1o work
out too! Throughout the
complei are swilches.
embedded in the tloori.
which make secret walls and
Moors appear or disappear.
Not activating the right
switcli al tlie right lime
catraei serious problems —
yoit may have to waste time
(yes. ypu re playing against
the clock! I retracing your
steps to activate it. or worse

still, fall into one of the acid
pools, resulting tn mslani
dealt! . You only have one trte
Id play with on this leve! but
you can keep lopping up your
tnergy bycotlecling suitable
toons.

Ottier troutile -makers
include two different types ol
verlicai la<rer beams. The
yellow sort go on and oH
automatically, so cnrelul
timing is called for when
hopping 1h rough. The purpk
sort tun be deactivated for a
limned linie by stepping on a
pressure pad.

Level one ha lot at fun
and gives a real sense aX
athieveFnenl a^you
(gradually discover more and
more ol the ccmplfiK. The
ityieol graphics IS a bit odd
for»JCh»v]oienl, act Ion
packed movie lie In; they're
all large andtarloony. bul
very, very good. The
anlination is smashing,
especially Qtiaid's dealti
Eequejice; he explodes into ■
son of gooey splat! Odd but
gOiHl.

The playablllty's set lusi
right — the armed henchmen
aren'l too hard to beat
(especially with a good
supply ot ammo in ihe gun)
so the game doesn I become
a naff beat em -up.

Enough dI levei one s
antics, lelshaveashuttyal
tevflltwo— the first al the
two scroTHng shoot emups.
Oiiaid s pmched a Jonnycab
(a computerised laxi-llice
crall) and is en route lo a
derelict warehouse, in the
hope it will provide him with
a few belptui ctues to his
Identity

The ohiecilve is simple
enough: jusl keep driving
along ihe I our- lane motorway
killing oil as many cars as
possible. The energy bar. al
the lop right ot Ihe screen,
continually diminisbes.
althoutih \\ does receive a
small top-up wilb every car
shot down I except
ambulances which, itsbot.
reduce your energy even
lunherl. Ortvmg over an E'
icon completeiy replenishes
the energy bar.

There's not a lime limit
here, but you do have to go
the distance. A porple arrow
al the lop leh ol the screen
marks your progress. The
action s last ^nd gameplay's
tough bul this sectton jsn t as
en toy able as level oiw
because it doesn't require as
much thought, Graphics are

I okay but the is.,
effect IS looking „_„
Ibcse days

Lsvei three now, and back
to Ihe platform gamepfay ol
level one Ouaids discovered
he's actually someone called
Hauser bul he sshll being
pursued try Richter's men,
who stand around on
platforms hitting out as soon
as he goes near. The
gameplay s trickfcr. with
many more piitalls than the
first level, but the objectives
are ttie same: eiplore.
locate, don t die etc, Survtve
that and you re whizzed aft to
Mars and mlo anolher
dnving.'shootem-up section.

The linai level Is set deep
In M 3 rs I that s why it's red,
Wtiich makes it a strain on
the eyes) \\'% more otthe
platform gameplay, though
the action is much quicker
here, wiih armed guardis
everywhere^ Your ojtygBn
supply Is conti nudity draining
away and can only be
replenished by picking up
oiygen cubes, though I was
usually shot be lore the
oxygen bad a chance to^ run
I out!

That about raps up tlie
game and should you
complete il you may even
understand the storyline (It
you do you're a better nnan
thanlam'}.

So, witat can be said about

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• The first platform section in fofil R^Citl Quikd's on a Vift. going
up, but where s (he floor pad to Swilch off the purple laser?

TetMtB^^iP Addicljve isn't
theword — though irs not a
badoflilosiarl wilh, So. il's
mfraddielive. The platform
llvets are superbly plapble.
K long as you cancsntralt.
Pm not £D struck on the

shoot- em up levels, they re
sofiskv, but at least yof re
provided wiihltiree Uves on
those levels Should you die
0F1 ffivet Ihrce. lour or Kwe.
there s a Continue option
at1«r th« Game Over

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m Aiiii«y yujiuB iiuy iiaii your progress,
you've got a gun. of course (blam!|

MARK

For me. Tota) Recall t(^> uno ui inc u^^^t
moviBS of 1990; it really polled In ttie crowdi
with lis Fast paced land vary violent) action. Mow the
computer oima Is on ttit streeti, you tOQ can lecome big
Arnii is lie balllis lliroitQh Ihls myltl-liivel Ocean
eitravagan2a. The going's tough, and lor many gamtt 1 fell
victim to Quaid's vicloes advefsarlfls. But Itie game's so
plr<yable, fou're lucky ) nau|«t to leaf mysalf away to write
this commeirtt Pfusentitiofl is at tilQh as plaftbility — my
five bll Is the really neat tiljm sequfnceH Ttill fcl Vn secumt
Ocean game I've piayad this monlh and tlie second I've
twafde# an ic^otade lo. I tliiHh a big ntttud of applause Is
calltd tort (Clap clap clap I]

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message, which is very
hsiplul.

The graphics lor the Urst
three levels are somethtng
special bold, bright,
detailed and— rtiffraM-
cotourfuil The animatton's
Oreit too Quiid >tauser has
Till power in his sinde and
when he hits a henchman,
with either fisi or bytfet. the
henchrDer^ Mies backwards,
stumbling from the blow.

Moved the oame, and t
ttave the sneaking suspiciQn
you will too Don I bother
setting Rekall lo remember il
tor you: go out and
exile he nee Tstsl BecaUX^^t
real!

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OVERAl

The hunt is on for Karen in TTie Reaper, but wtiat's
Elvis doing at the t>ottom right of the screen?

Ubi Soft ■ £9.99 ■
C14.99

Fancy i bi I ot a baltii ,
ninja style? Then pull
on your groovy black
n)n|t gear and gel
down io The Rmpbi* Every
live hundred years, a oroup
of Immorlal wiseman take a
look back through history al
all the valiant waniorx who
have Irved and died. They
choose one ot these heroes
arij bring his body bjicklD
life to lest Us abilities and
make sure his reputatioi» it
noteiaggeraterf.

You're the chosen one and
your task Is lo save the souls
of ynur friends from the
deadly ma;e inhabited liy
Iheir worst enemlet. Should
you succeed, you'll be
brought back ta fife for good
— but fail and you and your
friends will ba damned for all
eternity.
The landscapes in TAv

n In I as can be achieved wfth
well placed kicks
Alternatively, you can collect
shurikens to pop them oti. no
trouble at all.

Visually. TheHMfittlt
pretty palhetJc, The tiny
malchstickPiinjasare
laughable when they dance
and prance ibout the scrven.
What's worse Is the tad ftbal
[lowen voice to a whispeifl
thert'i t lot of swearing Im It.
You can chome a 'speectii
bubble' option, which amnt
your character with a variiely
01 obscene languafi to titt
againtl his enemies. Vtrf
olttceiie language Uckllw,
there's a clean version of tthe
gane included for the easrily
offended

Tfte BBMper is a very
amaleurish ettort. especiailly
with tlie pathetic swearing)
routines. There s no
lastabiiity: after a lew
minutes you'll get fed up with
marching about saving souuls,
NICK 411%

M ADV After Ubf Soft's brilliant HigM HoffiartnA the
IflHIin okiy-ish Pick H' P//9comei the totally matt
Th» Huptr. Tl>e game begins with a talrty decent tttie tuune,
hut the whole thing sUdet ripldty dawnhifl when the iir^iti
stickman sprites appear on seraen. II the gamepiay watnTI to
crude they might have been funny, but Hi ts shallow itt my
patience {is: vacy tHiallow indeed).

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ffejperare large and packed
fullot nin|as, killer robots,
dragorts and other, sittiilarly
nasty Ihii^gs, Your only tasl^
Mn to kill the ninfas thai crop
up and save Ihe souls ol your
friends. To acfiieve this,
collecting ot)|ects is the order
of the day.

Keys open doors lo oilier
levels, a monitor allows you
lo keep track of your
character's status and a cross
Increases health. The most
importdnl obiect to find is ttia
soul trap: without il. you
can't save your friends

Oliposal of the undead

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Okay> okay, Nerdy Chtp
McCallahan is the hero of Ihe
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nothing much going for him until
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You've got to help poor Chip. a$
getting In the club with the lovely
Melinda is one of his wildest
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NCrFSOMSSMGLYNX

Chip's Chatl&nge was originally a
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twds at US Gold thought it was

such a spiffing romp that it
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MelL there's a spanking two- level
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Quite an eMcellanl game il mode,
too. earning 62*/. in Issue 84.

But what of the first pnio? Tha
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THE CHEMISTRY WAS INSTANTANEOUS!

RUT IS CHIP MAN ENCHIGH TO GET INT

WEyNDA'S C^IB?

Chip is in love, but if he wanU
to capture the heart of
Belinda the Ptental flarvcl
there is a tou^ challenge

ahead.

144 levels of mind- bog glinc}

dcxtedty and wrist wrenchii^ci ^
dcjility stand between him '

dnd Membership of the BIT
B<JSTER CLCB

Once he 0et& into the dub
he'll get Into Melindj'!!i heart
ind toigether they can integrate
technology.

• 144 exaspeiditirig leveU.

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